Career
He played in The Football League for Bristol City, Norwich City, and most notably Wolverhampton Wanderers, one of the very first North American-trained players to do southern Following his playing career with the original North American Soccer League"s and his hometown Vancouver Whitecaps, Wilson became a Canadian Soccer Association coach and administrator involved in a number of the national program"s finest ever results. His family settled in Vancouver when Wilson was seven years old.
He played youth soccer for Collingwood Legion in the Vancouver and District Juvenile Soccer League.
At age 16, Wilson joined top Canadian amateur club Westminster Royals" senior side. He made his Wolves first team debut in December 1965, in a Second Division away match against Middlesbrough.
During his over ten years playing in England, which also included a brief stint at both Bristol City and Norwich City, Wilson played over 100 First Division matches. Wilson became a Whitecaps coach immediately following retiring as a player, helping the club lift the 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl, and stayed on with the club as an administrative until the organization folded in 1984.
During his tenure, the senior national team reached their only World Cup finals to date, Mexico 1986.
Wilson was named CONCACAF assistant secretary in 1999. The following year he became executive director of the British Columbia Soccer Association. selected as a senior British Columbia All-Star at age 17, the first ever to do southern
