Willie Buchan

William Ralston Murray Buchan (17 October 1914 – 6 July 2003) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He played for Celtic, Blackpool, Hull City, Gateshead, Coleraine and East Stirlingshire.

Buchan signed professional forms with Celtic in 1933 and spent four years with the Glasgow club, winning the Scottish League Division One championship with them in 1935–36 and the Scottish Cup in 1937.

In 1937, Buchan signed for Joe Smith's Blackpool for £10,000, then a record transfer fee involving a Scottish club,

At the end of the war, Buchan returned to Blackpool. In Buchan's final season at the seaside, 1947–48, he made fourteen appearances in a start-stop season, his place in the line-up restricted due to the form of Stan Mortensen, Stanley Matthews and Ernie Taylor. His four goals game in two games: two in a 2–2 draw with Wolves on 6 September 1947, and two (one a penalty) in a 3–1 victory over Charlton Athletic at Bloomfield Road on 29 November. His final appearance for the club occurred on 1 May 1948, the final day of the league season, in a 7–0 demolition of Preston North End at Deepdale.

Buchan joined Hull for the start of the 1948–49 campaign. In his only season with the club, he made forty league appearances, scoring twelve goals.

In 1949, he joined Gateshead, with whom he made 88 league appearances and scored 16 goals. After a short spell as player-manager of Northern Irish club Coleraine, Buchan finished his career in his native Scotland with East Stirlingshire.

Buchan died on 6 July 2003, aged 88.

Honours Celtic Scottish League championship: 1935–36 Scottish Cup winner: 1936–37

Hull City Football League Third Division North championship: 1948–49