Walter Borthwick

Walter Borthwick
Personal information
Full name Walter Ross Borthwick
Date of birth (1948-04-04)4 April 1948
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 24 April 2021(2021-04-24) (aged 73)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Tynecastle Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 Greenock Morton 8 (4)
1966–1967 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (0)
1967–1974 East Fife 184 (34)
1974–1976 St Mirren 62 (11)
1976–1977 St Johnstone 22 (2)
1977–1978 St Mirren 1 (0)
1978–1981 Dunfermline Athletic 83 (6)
Total 361 (57)
Managerial career
1991 Arbroath
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Ross Borthwick (4 April 1948 – 24 April 2021) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played for Greenock Morton, Brighton & Hove Albion, East Fife, St Mirren, St Johnstone, and Dunfermline Athletic. He later managed Arbroath and was the first team coach at Hearts during most of the 1980s. Borthwick subsequently worked for the Scottish Football Association in East Lothian, before retiring in March 2013.