Background
Willie McNaught was from Dumfries and may well have ended up playing for home town club Queen of the South had it not been for World War 2. McNaught was on his war service and was spotted playing by a Raith Rovers official who promptly offered to sign him. McNaught senior went on to break and still hold the club appearances record and as such relocated to Kirkcaldy. It was here that Ken McNaught was born in 1955.
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