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Born in Glenbuck , Ayrshire, Scotland, he was one of five brothers who played professional football. Bob Shankly was also a successful manager, taking Dundee FC to the Scottish championship for the first time in 1962.
Bill Shankly played for Carlisle United and Preston North End (he also played for Partick Thistle during the Second World War) and won the FA Cup with Preston in 1938. He also won seven Scottish caps.
1934 Second Division runners-up (with Preston North End) .
1937 FA Cup finalists. (with Preston North End)
1938 FA Cup winners. (with Preston North End)
He was appointed the manager of Carlisle in 1949. Later he moved to Grimsby in 1951, Workington in 1953 and HuddersfieldHuddersfield Town Association Football Club are an English football club based in the town of Huddersfield in the county of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1908 and are nicknamed The Terriers''. They entered the Football League in 1910 and went on to win t in 1956.
Shankly became the manager of LiverpoolLiverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league ( English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. Their home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield, which is about three miles from the in December 1959.
1962 Second Division champions, European Champions' Cup semi-finalists.
1964 First Division champions.
1965 FA Cup Winners.
1966 First Division champions, European Cup Winners Cup beaten finalists.
1969 First Division runners-up.
1971 FA Cup beaten finalists, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-finalists.
1973 First Division champions, UEFA Cup winners.
1974 FA Cup winners, First division runners-up.
Shankly retired at the end of the 1973-74 season and was awarded the OBEThe honours system of the United Kingdom is a means of rewarding bravery, achievement or service to the country. The system is made up of three types of award: honours, decorations and medals. Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement an.
An interview on a Granada TelevisionGranada Television is the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for the "North of England" weekday franchise from 1954 (started broadcasting in 1956) until 1968, and for the "Northwest England" all-week franchise since 1968. chat-show hosted by Shelley Rohde in 1981 produced arguably Shankly's most famous (and most often misquoted) quote - "Someone said 'football is more important than life and death to you' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'."
For more quotes, please see Wikiquote - Quotes by Bill Shankly