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 appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 Birthday Honours for services to association football.[1][4]
Will died of cancer in September 2009 at the age of 72.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Honours for Scotland". BBC News. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b "Scottish FA mourns death of Will". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 9.
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