- Torrance Gillick
Torrance 'Torry' Gillick (
19 May ,1915 -December 12 ,1971 ) was a Scottish footballer who played on the wing for Rangers, Everton and Partick Thistle.Born in
Airdrie , Gillick was signed in 1933, at the age of 18, for Rangers by managerBill Struth , after playing for prominent Glasgow junior clubPetershill F.C. . He won aScottish Cup winners medal in 1935, and that summer was sold to Everton for, a then record fee for the club, £8000. He stayed on Merseyside until theSecond World War and during that time earned his five Scotland caps and a Football League Championship medal in 1939.During the conflict Gillick "guested" for home-town Airdrieonians and Rangerscite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] and at the cessation of hostilities in 1945, Struth brought him back to Ibrox. He soon developed into a forward with excellent ball control and vision and became a feature in the famous post-war Rangers side, forming a partnership on the left with
Willie Waddell . In his time at Ibrox, he played 140 times, scoring 62 goals. He won one League Championship medal (1946/47), two Scottish Cup medals (1934/35, 1947/48) and two League Cup medals (1946/47, 1948/49).Gillick left Rangers for Partick Thistle in August 1951. He played one season with the "Jags" before retiring to oversee his business interest, a
Lanarkshire scrap metal firm. He died onDecember 12 ,1971 , on the same day as fellow former Rangers playerAlan Morton .References
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