# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:52:48.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-johnston"
name: "Willie Johnston"
slug: "willie-johnston"
description: "William McClure Johnston is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played over 600 games in a 20 year senior playing career. His 5 Rangers major trophy wins included him scoring 2 goals when winning the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final. Johnston also played for Hakoah Sydney, West Bromwich Albion, Vancouver Whitecaps, Birmingham City, Heart of Midlothian, South China AA and East Fife. With the Whitecaps he was part of the Soccer Bowl '79 winning team. His 22 full Scotland caps included against Peru at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was sent home from the competition early after subsequently testing positive for Reactivan in that game."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (born 1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Johnston_(1969).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1946-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.27
  momentum:             6.224456698021407
  historical:           11.51340533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Віллі Джонстон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلى جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلی جانستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnston"
    title: "Willie Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Джонстон, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump