List of celebrities for golfing event!
17/05/2011
List of sporting celebrities signed up for the Golf for Mary event taking place in Costa Calida between 26th and 29th May. Competition itself takes place at Peraleja Golf on Saturday 28th May, with a dinner following at Hotel Spa Torre Pacheco.Final list of celebrities confirmed as taking part
MARY LEISHMAN FOUNDATION GOLF CELEBRITY PEN-PICTURES 2011
DAVID JOHNSON: A former striker who started his career at Everton before moving to Ipswich, but later made his name across
NEALE COOPER: Born in
JIMMY CASE: Signed for Liverpool in 1973 and stayed in their first team for 8 years, picking up four league titles, a UEFA cup, three European Cups and league cup amongst his trophy haul. Long playing career ended with a second spell at
JOHN WATSON: In an era when Celtic and Rangers were paying millions for strikers, the Dunfermline star outdid them all by winning
JOHN LESLIE: A well known face on both BBC and ITV television, John presented long running children’s programme Blue Peter before fronting other shows including Wheel of Fortune and This Morning. A well known celebrity supporter of Hibernian FC.
PETER CORMACK: Former Hibs and
JIM MCINTYRE: Dunfermline’s manager had an excellent pedigree as a striker with
BILLY DODDS: A profilic goalscorer across almost 20 with clubs including
ALEX TOTTEN: Started as an apprentice at Liverpool under Bill Shankly before a career path that peaked when he managed his home-town team
GORDON DURIE: A Fifer who worked his way up from lower-league football in his home county to play for Chelsea, Spurs and Rangers as well as well as racking up 43 Scotland caps, scoring seven times. Played in two World Cup tournaments and two European Championships for his country. Now back as assistant manager at his first club, E
JOHN BROWNLIE: A League Cup winner with Hibernian, he moved to Newcastle United following an eight year spell with the
JOE HARPER: A goal machine who had two spells at home town club, Greenock Morton before a big money move to
GORDON SMART: A star studded phone book and the editor of The Sun newspaper’s world-famous Bizarre showbiz column. Likely to be spotted at all the big events throughout the entertainment world, but his greatest claim to fame is that he had the good sense to marry Jim’s lovely daughter Kate.
WILLIE GARNER: Willie played for
GORDON SHERRY: A former British Amateur Golf Champion in 1995, Gordon also won the Walker Cup for
JACKIE McNAMARA Snr: Jackie started his playing career with Glasgow Celtic before having a successful spell at Hibernian where he was awarded a testimonial match against Newcastle United for long service in 1984. He later moved onto Morton before he wathced his son, Jackie junior, go on to follow in his footsteps for Celtic, after signing from
JIM LEISHMAN: A Dunfermline Athletic legend who played for the club in the 1970s, before becoming manager at the age of only 29 in 1983. He took the club to successive promotions, briefly topping the Premier League in 1989. His time in charge saw Dunfermline’s highest ever attendances at
PAUL KANE: Having spent eight years with Hibernian, Paul moved to Oldham Athletic in 1990 for a season. Later played with
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JOHN HEWITT: A ten year spell at
CYRILLE REGIS MBE: A Midlands legend at both West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City, Cyrille played a key part in the exciting WBA side of the late 70s/early 80s under Ron Atkinson before moving to Coventry where he won the FA Cup in 1987. Later played in the Premier League for Aston Villa. Also played for
IMRE VARADI: A goalscorer who played for no less than 16 English clubs during his playing career, including Everton, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday and
BOBBY DAVRO: Another well known face from British TV screens, Bobby was a staple of Saturday night ITV entertainment for many years in the 80s and 90s, with his impressions and comedy being hugely popular. More recently seen as loveable rogue Vinnie Monks in Eastenders, he has been a pantomime regular for many a years in British theatre and remains a well known face on TV screens back home.

