Rangers legend dead at 85 as club mourn star 'who loved the club with every breath'

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Rangers legend and former Hamilton Accies assistant boss Davie Wilson has died at the age of 85.The left-winger, who grew up in Newton Village just outside Cambuslang, had been living with dementia and Rangers have announced the sad news that he has passed away.Wilson spent a season as assistant to John Lambie at Accies in the 1986/87 season - and they famously knocked Rangers out of the Scottish Cup that season.During his playing career, Wilson won 11 major honours at Ibrox from 1956 to 1967 and helped Rangers to the the 1960 European Cup semi-final and 1961 Cup Winners’ Cup final.In his decade at Ibrox, he won five league titles, five Scottish Cups and four League Cups and his exploits earned him a place in the Rangers Hall of Fame.He was also capped 22 times for Scotland and scored 10 goals.A statement from Rangers read: "Rangers Football Club are today extremely saddened to hear of the passing of former player Davie Wilson at the age of 85."Davie made his competitive debut for his boyhood club in January 1957 in a league game against Dundee."He made 373 appearances across 11 seasons at Ibrox, playing under Scot Symon, scoring a total of 158 goals before departing the club in 1967 to join Dundee United."The winger was also part of the Rangers team that that reached the 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Fiorentina."For Gers, he won four League titles, five Scottish Cups and two League Cups as part of 11 honours with his beloved club."At international level, Wilson had a successful career with Scotland, earning 22 caps and scoring 10 goals for his country."Wilson was a three-time Hall of Fame inductee with Rangers, Dundee United and Scotland after contributing great achievements and success for each of these