William John Bremner born in Stirling, Scotland on the 9th December 1942 he died in Doncaster, England on the 7th December 1997. Billy Bremner was captain of the Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s. He as been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and is also a member of both the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the English Football Hall of Fame. Billy Bremner was scouted by Leeds while playing schoolboy football in Scotland. He then signed for Leeds in 1959. He had previously been rejected by Arsenal and Chelsea for being too small.
Billy Bremner attended a catholic junior school, St. Mary's. He made his debut in 1960 and was a permanent first team player under manager Don Revie. Bremner quickly established himself as an uncompromising player, tough in the tackle and often going beyond the rules to get the better of a skilled opponent. Billy Bremner was also known for scoring crucial goals including winners in four major semi finals.
In 1966, Leeds skipper Bobby Collins was injured in a Fairs Cup game against Torino and Revie gave the captaincy to Bremner. Collins never got it back. With their Bremner acting as leader he led them all the to the league cup final hen went on to winning the League Cup and Fairs Cup in 1968 and the League championship in 1969. That season Leeds lost only two of 42 league games.
At the beginning of December 1997, he suffered a heart attack at his Doncaster home in the small village of Clifton, South Yorkshire and was rushed to hospital, but died two days before his 55th birthday. Just about every major figure from Scottish football, past and present, attended his funeral and there was citywide mourning in Leeds due to the extremely high esteem in which he is held by Leeds United fans.
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