Willie Coburn | |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1941 |
Position: | Full-back |
Youthyears1: | –1962 |
Youthclubs1: | Crieff Earngrove |
Years1: | 1962–1972 |
Clubs1: | St Johnstone |
Caps1: | 238 |
Goals1: | 12 |
Years2: | 1972–1973 |
Clubs2: | Forfar Athletic |
Caps2: | 32 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1973–1974 |
Clubs3: | Cowdenbeath |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 281 |
Totalgoals: | 13 |
Willie Simpson Coburn (13 April 1941 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back. He spent much of his career with St Johnstone and also played for Forfar Athletic and Cowdenbeath.[1] [2]
Coburn joined St Johnstone from Crieff Earngrove juniors in 1962 and went on to make 238 appearances for the Perth club before leaving in 1972 for Forfar Athletic.[3] He made 32 appearances and scored once in a season at Forfar.[4] He made 11 appearances at Cowdenbeath in the 1973–74 season.[5] Coburn was one of five players to be voted into St Johnstone's inaugural Hall of Fame in 2013.
Coburn died on 5 December 2015 at the age of 74.[6]