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

  1. 1 2 "Honours for Scotland". BBC News. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Scottish FA mourns death of Will". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 9.


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