David Will

David Houston Will[1] CBE (20 November 1936 – 25 September 2009) was a Scottish association football administrator who held a number of prominent positions.

A solicitor by profession,[2] Will was chairman of Brechin City for two decades, before becoming president of the Scottish Football Association (the governing body of Scottish football) and a vice-president of FIFA (the governing body of world football).[2][3]

He was awarded a CBE in the 2002 Birthday Honours for services to association football.[1]

Will died of cancer in September 2009 at the age of 72.[2][3]

References
  1. "Honours for Scotland". BBC News. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. "Former FIFA campaigner and SFA administrator David Will dies, aged 72". The Scotsman. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  3. "Scottish FA mourns death of Will". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.