Willie Lyon

William King Lyon (7 March 1912 – 5 December 1962) was a professional footballer, who played for Queens Park and Celtic.

Career
Lyon was a centre-half and was made captain of Celtic. He won the Scottish league championship in 1936 and 1938, the Scottish Cup in 1937 and the Empire Exhibition Trophy in 1938.

He was never selected for the full Scotland international team, but was a member of a SFA Touring XI squad which visited Canada and the USA in 1939. He had also played twice for the Scottish League XI in 1938.

He served in the Scots Guards during World War II, rising to the rank of major and sustaining a leg injury in 1944 which ended his football career. He was awarded the Military Cross.

His younger brother Tom was also a footballer; the pair were briefly teammates at Celtic when Tom joined as a guest player during the war.