BEARGER 1,935 Posted yesterday at 20:46 Share Posted yesterday at 20:46 (edited) Excellent footballer. Rangers title-winner who became legend with Liverpool dies as tributes pour in for ‘one of Shankly’s heroes’ FORMER Rangers and Liverpool hero Willie Stevenson has died at the age of 85. Born in Leith in the north of Edinburgh, Stevenson originally played for Dalkeith Hearts before signing for Gers in 1958. 3Willie Stevenson won titles with both Rangers and LiverpoolCredit: Getty 3 Liverpool captain Ron Yeats carried by Stevenson with the FA Cup trophy in 1965Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd 3 Stevenson was a hero under iconic Anfield boss and fellow Scot Bill ShanklyCredit: PA:Empics Sport He played over 100 times for the Ibrox club and was part of the league championship-winning team in 1958/59 and won the Scottish Cup with the Light Blues the following season. The emergence of Jim Baxter at Rangers led to Stevenson moving to Liverpool in 1962 for £20,000 and he became one of the stalwart's in Bill Shankly's iconic sides of the sixties. He retired in 1975 after a stint at Macclesfield Town and changed careers, at one point running a pub and a cleaning company. Tributes have poured in for the Scot as the news broke. With the Reds, Stevenson won the league twice and the FA Cup and played in almost 250 games before joining Stoke City in a £30,000 transfer in 1967. A Liverpool statement read: "Liverpool FC is deeply saddened by the passing of former player Willie Stevenson. "Stevenson, who made 241 appearances for the club in the 1960s, has died at the age of 85. "A skilful left-half, Edinburgh-born Stevenson was signed by Bill Shankly from Rangers in October 1962 and was a key member of the team that won First Division titles in 1964 and 1966, as well as the Reds’ first FA Cup in 1965. Edited yesterday at 20:47 by BEARGER 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 9,497 Posted yesterday at 21:15 Share Posted yesterday at 21:15 RIP - thoughts and prayers for his family and friends 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,881 Posted yesterday at 21:27 Share Posted yesterday at 21:27 One of my favourite Rangers players. He would have become a legend but for the genius who was Baxter. Pity there were no substitutes back then. Rangers could have kept him and Alex Scott too. I think he went to Australia for a year before Liverpool. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 12,042 Posted yesterday at 22:10 Share Posted yesterday at 22:10 He's put a full stop in the thread title, @L72. I can't... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,935 Posted yesterday at 22:24 Author Share Posted yesterday at 22:24 14 minutes ago, Rousseau said: He's put a full stop in the thread title, @L72. I can't... Is that a no no? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,935 Posted yesterday at 22:27 Author Share Posted yesterday at 22:27 59 minutes ago, Scott7 said: One of my favourite Rangers players. He would have become a legend but for the genius who was Baxter. Pity there were no substitutes back then. Rangers could have kept him and Alex Scott too. I think he went to Australia for a year before Liverpool. No he went direct from us to Liverpool, if my memory is correct. In later years he did play in Canada and Sout Africa. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,935 Posted yesterday at 22:30 Author Share Posted yesterday at 22:30 Just now, BEARGER said: No he went direct from us to Liverpool, if my memory is correct. In later years he did play in Canada and Sout Africa. You’re correct, my memory is fading! He did go to Australia but was still a signed Rangers player. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L72 404 Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 6 hours ago, Rousseau said: He's put a full stop in the thread title, @L72. I can't... Hold.....c'mon now 😂 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 12,042 Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 12,042 Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 8 hours ago, BEARGER said: Is that a no no? According to New Hart's Rules, the Oxford Style Guide, 'you should generally avoid full stops at the end of headings. Headings typically serve as titles or labels and don't require sentence-ending punctuation'. Therefore, this is quite simply an error of the most heinous kind. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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