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Playing career

Born in Falkirk, Ormond signed for Hibernian in November 1946 from Stenhousemuir. An outside-left, he played for Hibs over a fifteen year period. He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibs forward line during the 1950s, one of the strongest group of players ever in Scottish football outside the “Old Firm” of Celtic and Rangers. (The others were Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith and Eddie Turnbull). They all scored over 100 goals for the club, he scored a total 193. During his playing career, he won the Scottish League Championship three times with Hibernian and won six Scotland caps. He was the last member of the Five to leave Hibs, signing for hometown Falkirk in 1961.

Managerial career

After he retired from playing, Ormond became assistant trainer at Falkirk. In 1967, he was appointed as manager of St. Johnstone. He led the club to the 1969 League Cup final and third in the League one year, ahead of Rangers, taking them into Europe for the first time, a serious achievement for a Scottish club outside the major cities.

When the Scottish Football Association wanted someone capable of bringing stability to the job of Scotland manager after Tommy Docherty left, Ormond was a natural choice and he was appointed in 1973. He was blessed with a talented squad and steered them to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. Although Scotland didn’t lose any of their games and came back as the only unbeaten team in the tournament, they were eliminated after the first round. This was actually the best ever performance by a Scotland team in a World Cup.

Willie Ormonds Scotland Manager record:
Played 38
Won 18
Drawn 8
Lost 12
For 80
Against 70

Later, minor breaches of player discipline accumulated and after four years the SFA came to believe it wanted a more forceful and charismatic figure as manager. In May 1977 he resigned and was appointed as manager of Hearts – the arch rivals of his old team, Hibs. Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond’s background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull. When Turnbull resigned, Ormond took over but his health was not good and forced him to retire soon after.

Trivia

• The South Stand at McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone’s ground since 1989, is named in his honour.
• His brother Gibby also played League football, for semi-professional Cowdenbeath in the mid 1960s.

Joined Hibernian in 1998, whom he helped win the First Division in 1998-99

Stuart Beedie is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder for a number of Scottish clubs, including Dundee United, Dunfermline and Dundee. Beedie won a Scottish Cup runners-up medal with Dundee United, scoring in the 1985 2-1 defeat to Celtic After retiring from playing in 1995, Beedie moved to Australia, where he was assistant manager at Wollongong Wolves. Beedie remained in the country and has been managing Illawarra side Dapto since late 2002.

Date of birth August 16, 1960
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland

Clubs
Montrose
St Johnstone
Dundee United
Hibernian
Dunfermline
Dundee
East Fife
Montrose
Illawarra Lions

Real name Paul Kane

Height 5.09

Weight 11.00

Date of birth 20-06-1965

Place of birth Edinburgh

Position Midfielder

Nationality

• Scotland

Nickname

• Kano

Scored a hatrick on his 19th Birthday against hearts.

Hibs player of the year 68-69

From :http://progs.fairlyoriginal.com/hibernian-vs-newcastle-utd [August 5, 1969]

William ‘Willie’ Esplin Ormond OBE (February 23, 1927 – May 4, 1984) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Playing career

Born in Falkirk, Ormond signed for Hibernian in November 1946 from Stenhousemuir. An outside-left, he played for Hibs over a fifteen year period. He was one of the “Famous Five”, the Hibs forward line during the 1950s, one of the strongest group of players ever in Scottish football outside the “Old Firm” of Celtic and Rangers. (The others were Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith and Eddie Turnbull). They all scored over 100 goals for the club, he scored a total 193. During his playing career, he won the Scottish League Championship three times with Hibernian and won six Scotland caps. He was the last member of the Five to leave Hibs, signing for hometown Falkirk in 1961.

Managerial career

After he retired from playing, Ormond became assistant trainer at Falkirk. In 1967, he was appointed as manager of St. Johnstone. He led the club to the 1969 League Cup final and third in the League one year, ahead of Rangers, taking them into Europe for the first time, a serious achievement for a Scottish club outside the major cities.

When the Scottish Football Association wanted someone capable of bringing stability to the job of Scotland manager after Tommy Docherty left, Ormond was a natural choice and he was appointed in 1973. He was blessed with a talented squad and steered them to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany. Although Scotland didn’t lose any of their games and came back as the only unbeaten team in the tournament, they were eliminated after the first round. This was actually the best ever performance by a Scotland team in a World Cup.

Willie Ormonds Scotland Manager record:
Played 38
Won 18
Drawn 8
Lost 12
For 80
Against 70

Later, minor breaches of player discipline accumulated and after four years the SFA came to believe it wanted a more forceful and charismatic figure as manager. In May 1977 he resigned and was appointed as manager of Hearts – the arch rivals of his old team, Hibs. Many Hearts fans at the time were less than happy given Ormond’s background but he soon won them over before being sacked in 1980, whereupon he moved to Hibernian as assistant to his old Famous Five colleague Eddie Turnbull. When Turnbull resigned, Ormond took over but his health was not good and forced him to retire soon after.

Trivia

• The South Stand at McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone’s ground since 1989, is named in his honour.
• His brother Gibby also played League football, for semi-professional Cowdenbeath in the mid 1960s.