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“Without fear and beyond reproach,” Celtic’s Captain Willie Lyon awarded Military Cross in North Africa in 1943
The Celtic Star · Nov 16, 2020

“Without fear and beyond reproach,” Celtic’s Captain Willie Lyon awarded Military Cross in North Africa in 1943

“Without fear and beyond reproach,” Celtic’s Captain Willie Lyon awarded Military Cross in North Africa in 1943
“Without fear and beyond reproach,” Celtic’s Captain Willie Lyon awarded Military Cross in North Africa in 1943

WILLIE LYON was anything but a Celt in background, ethnicity or even (in his early days) inclination. He was an Englishman whose family had moved to Scotland and he found himself playing for Queen’s Park and indeed had a few jousts with Celtic between 1933 and 1935 before he joined the club...

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