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Bill Cockburn

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Bill Cockburn
Personal information
Full name William Robb Cockburn
Date of birth (1937-04-03)3 April 1937
Date of death 24 August 1995(1995-08-24) (aged 58)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1960 Burnley 0 (0)
1960 Gillingham 62 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Robb Cockburn (3 May 1937 – August 1995) was an English professional footballer. After a five-year stint at Burnley without ever playing for the first team, he joined Gillingham in 1960 and went on to make 62 appearances in the Football League before dropping out of the professional game.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 92. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  2. ^ "Bill Cockburn". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 April 2016.