fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals position manageryears birth_date managerclubs article_title name
william hanna collins 1945 1951 -- 1956 -- 1948 1948 -- 1949 1949 -- 1951 03 november 2010 distillery luton town gillingham snowdown colliery welfare 7 51 belfast , ireland 0 0 wing half 1975 15 february 1920 gillingham -lrb- caretaker -rrb- bill collins -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 bill `` buster '' collins
bill collins -lrb- footballer -rrb-

william hanna `` bill '' collins , also popularly known as buster collins -lrb- 15 february 1920 -- 3 november 2010 -rrb- was a northern irish professional footballer .
his clubs included distillery , belfast celtic , luton town and gillingham .
he later became reserve team manager at gillingham , and in 1965 was appointed by manager freddie cox as the head of the club 's newly organised youth scheme , a post he held for nearly twenty years .
he served as first team trainer and kitman for a further ten years , finally retiring in 1993 at the age of 73 .
he has been cited as a major influence on the careers of future stars micky adams and steve bruce .
he died in 2010 at the age of 90 .
