Willie Culbert

Willie Culbert was a Scottish former footballer best known with Dumfries club Queen of the South.

Queen of the South Willie Culbert was a 1932 Queen of the South signing from Clyde.

Culbert was one of the mainstays of the side that were promoted to the division for the first time when they ended their 1932-33 campaign with a victory over divisional champions Hibs.

As a player Willie Culbert was part of many landmark events in the history of Queen of the South: Savage was at the club for the 1937 knocking of Rangers out of the Scottish Cup and finishing 6th in the league in 1939.

Among the others at Queens in the 1930s with Savage were fellow players Willie Savage, Willie Ferguson, Joe Tulip, Irish international Laurie Cumming and Jackie Oakes. He played under managers George McLachlan and Ferguson as McLachlan's successor.

After the promotion in Culbert's 1st season all of Culbert's time at Queens was spent in the top division (excluding war time interruption Queens spent every season in the top division following their promotion until 1959 except one).