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Billy Brae

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Billy Brae
Personal information
Full name William Brae
Date of birth 4 November 1902
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 22 April 1968(1968-04-22) (aged 65)
Place of death Cheltenham, England
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Petershill
1923–1935 Ayr United 326 (101)
1935–1936 Swindon Town 6 (1)
1936–1937 Cheltenham Town
1937–1938 Evesham Town
Total 332 (102)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Brae (4 November 1902 – 22 April 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an inside left; he spent the majority of his career with Ayr United, making 350 appearances in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup over 12 seasons and scoring 104 goals.[1] His best league return was 20 goals from 31 matches in the 1927–28 Scottish Division Two season in which Ayr finished top to gain promotion to Division One,[2] and they remained in the highest tier for the rest of Brae's time at the club. In 1935 he moved on to English football with Swindon Town, subsequently playing in the lower leagues with Cheltenham Town and Evesham Town.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ The Years 1920 – 1930 Archived 23 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Ayr United FC
  3. ^ Billy Brae, Swindon-Town-FC
  4. ^ Brae Billy Image 1 Ayr United 1929, Vintage Footballers