    bill struth (1876â1956) was the second manager of rangers football club, leading the club for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as the holder of a number of other positions, including director. struth is one of the most successful managers in scottish football history, winning a record 18 league championships, 10 scottish cup, 2 league cups, 7 war-time championships, 19 glasgow cups, 17 glasgow merchant charity cups and a host of other war-time honours. struth won 73 trophies during his career, making him the most decorated manager in british football history. ==career== born in edinburgh, struth was a stonemason by trade, although he was also a professional athlete. he had been a trainer at clyde and hearts before coming to rangers in 1914 to take up the position of assistant manager. at the age of 45, in 1920, he took over as manager after his predecessor william wilton was killed in a boating accident off gourock. the boat was called the caltha and was owned by james marr, a friend of wilton and who was on the boat along with rangers director j.p.buchanan and the boats skipper and skippers mate. sourced from rangers archives. he went on to win the league title 18 times as manager, winning 14 titles in 19 years before the second world war. this included winning five titles in a row between 1927 and 1931. struth's tenure as manager spanned the club's first league and cup double in 1928, when rangers famously lifted the scottish cup and ended a 25 year 'hoodoo', and its first treble in 1949, struth becoming the first scottish manager to achieve this honour. struth was renowned as a disciplinarian, insisting that the team wore a collar and tie when turning up for training; bowler hats were obligatory for rangers players. adam little was signed by struth and [http://ww
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