He was the Edzell boy who grew up to become Scotland’s most influential football legislator ever.
David Will, a former chairman of Brechin City FC for 25 years, was the first Scot to leave a giant footprint in global football’s corridors of power.
The former SFA president and vice-president of FIFA, who died in 2009 at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer, was among the first names to be inducted into Brechin City FC’s inaugural hall of fame on Saturday.
He was Britain’s FIFA vice-president for 17 years until he retired in 2007.
Mr Will made the list alongside fellow club legends Charlie King, Tom Gilmartin, Harry Cairney, Bobby Brown, Dick Campbell, Davie Watt and Ian Fleming.
A special hall of fame dinner took place in a marquee on the pitch which was part of a weekend of events at Glebe Park.
Former Brechin physiotherapist Tom Gilmartin, who died aged 66 in 2014, was also inducted posthumously into the hall of fame which was selected with an online fan vote.
Charlie King spent 11 years at the club and was a fans’ favourite.
King signed from Livingston in July 2001 and featured in nearly 400 games before leaving for Forfar.
Long-serving Harry Cairney also spent 11 years at Glebe Park and made over 350 appearances after signing from Stenhousemuir in 1992.
Ian Fleming, who managed the club from 1982-87, was also inducted along with Davie Watt who played for Brechin from 1975 until 1990 and played a club record 459 league games.
Watt helped the club win two Second Division titles and reach the League Cup quarter-finals in 1981 where they lost to Rangers.
Bobby Brown was a member of the 1989-90 Second Division Championship win, which saw City beat full-timers Kilmarnock in the race for the title.
Former City manager Dick Campbell, who now manages Arbroath, was also inducted during the dinner which was hosted by football commentator Peter Martin.
The final event for the weekend was a free Family Fun Day on Sunday which included football matches and coaching sessions by Brechin players on the pitch.
There was also a funfair and side stalls on the terracing and the lounge bar was open for alcohol sales and light refreshments.
