Willie Cotter: leading League of Ireland player in 40’s and 50’s

THE funeral took place yesterday of Willie Cotter, a former sports editor of the Cork Examiner, and a leading League of Ireland player in the 1940’s and 50’s who died over the weekend.

Willie had a hugely successful career in journalism and along with his editorial duties penned a very popular local soccer column under the pseudonym ‘Critic’.

Mr. Cotter, who was 86, played in the League with Cork United and Cork Athletic. He also played in the League with Waterford and Limerick and in the Irish League with Portadown in the course of a career in which he won all of the major honours in Irish football.