years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
1946 1960 1960 -- 1961 -- 1950 1950 -- 1959 1959 1959 -- linfield rangers partick thistle oxford united 63 172 7 6 11 41 112 1 2 3 belfast , northern ireland northern ireland centre forward 12 1951 -- 1958 12 december 1929 billy simpson
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billy simpson

william `` billy '' j. simpson -lrb- born december 12 , 1929 in belfast -rrb- is a former northern ireland international footballer .
simpson signed for rangers from linfield for a sum of # 11,500 in 1950 .
he spent nine years -lrb- 1950 -- 59 -rrb- at rangers making 239 appearances and scoring 163 goals .
he won three championship medals and a scottish cup winners medal with rangers to add to the two irish league and two irish cups he won with linfield .
he left ibrox in 1959 and spent the last couple of years of his career with stirling albion , partick thistle and -lrb- then non-league -rrb- oxford united .
most notably , billy simpson scored twice in the `` ne'erday ' old firm derby at ibrox , in a famous 3-1 victory , immortalised in the song ' a trip to ibrox ' .
in recognition of his service to that club , simpson has been made a member of the rangers f.c. hall of fame .
simpson made his debut for northern ireland in 1951 against wales , scoring in the process .
he represented his country twelve times in total between 1951 and 1958 , scoring 5 goals .
he was selected in northern ireland 's squad for the 1958 fifa world cup in sweden but a late injury ensured he did not play at all during the finals .
