Billy Dunn

William Marshall Dunn (9 October 1910 – 7 September 1980) was a Scottish professional footballer who played at centre forward for Celtic, Brentford and Southampton in the 1930s.

Football career Dunn was born in the Lambhill district of Glasgow, one of a family of 9 footballing brothers. he joined Celtic in February 1933. Having been a prolific scorer in junior football, he continued to score for the reserves, with 51 goals in just over two years, but was unable to carry this form into the first team. He made his first-team debut in a 1–1 draw at St Johnstone on 23 September 1933, and played nine first team games for Celtic, with two goals.

In the summer of 1935, he moved south to join Brentford of the Football League First Division. He was again a prolific scorer in the reserves He retained the number 9 shirt for the first nine matches of the season without scoring again and in October he was replaced by Benny Gaughran. Dunn spent most of the rest of the season in the reserves, making only six more first-team appearances, with three more goals.

At the end of the season, he refused a new contract and was transfer listed for a fee of £750. He eventually moved back to Scotland to join Raith Rovers, where he had a spell on loan to Bo'ness.

During the Second World War, he made a guest appearance at left back for Leeds United in a 7–2 victory over Newcastle United in January 1943.