Ian St John
Scottish association football player and manager (1938–2021)
Ian St John (7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish footballer. He played as a centre-forward. He is best known as a Liverpool player from 1961 to 1971. He won two First Division league titles and an FA Cup (scoring the 117th minute winning goal in the 1965 final) with Liverpool.[6] He played for Scotland 21 times. He later became a manager and pundit. He was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. In 2008, he was added to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
.jpg) St John in 1966 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John St John[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 March 2021 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Motherwell Bridge Works[2] | |||
| 1955–1956 | North Motherwell Athletic[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1961 | Motherwell | 113 | (80) |
| 1956–1957 | → Douglas Water Thistle (loan) | ||
| 1961–1971 | Liverpool | 336 | (95) |
| 1971 | Hellenic | 23 | (4) |
| 1971–1972 | Coventry City | 18 | (3) |
| 1972 | Cape Town City | ||
| 1972–1973 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1965 | Scotland | 21 | (9) |
| 1959–1961[3] | Scottish League XI | 4 | (6) |
| 1960[4] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| 1960[5] | Scotland U23 | 2 | (2) |
| 1962[4] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1973–1974 | Motherwell | ||
| 1974–1977 | Portsmouth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
In June 2014, he announced that he had surgery for bladder cancer in April of that year. The surgery removed his bladder and prostate gland.[7]
St John died on 1 March 2021 after a long illness in Arrowe Park, Merseyside at the age of 82.[8]
International career statistics change
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1959 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1961 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1964 | — | ||
| 1965 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each St John goal.[9][10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 May 1960 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 5 |  Poland |
2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 26 September 1961 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 8 |  Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | 3–2 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 8 November 1961 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 10 |  Wales |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1961–62 British Home Championship |
| 4 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 29 November 1961 | Stade Heysel, Brussels | 11 | Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | 2–4 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 7 | 13 June 1963 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid | 19 |  Spain |
6–2 | 6–2 | Friendly match |
| 8 | 12 October 1963 | Windsor Park, Belfast | 20 |  Northern Ireland |
1–1 | 1–2 | 1963–64 British Home Championship |
| 9 | 10 April 1965 | Wembley Stadium, London | 21 |  England |
2–2 | 2–2 | 1964–65 British Home Championship |
Honours change
Liverpool
- Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66[11]
- Football League Second Division: 1961–62[11]
- FA Cup: 1964–65[11]
- FA Charity Shield: 1964, 1965, 1966
- European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1965–66[12]
Individual
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2008[13]
References change
- ↑ "Statutory registers – Births – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ian St John (2014). The Saint – My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444785913.
- ↑ (SFL player) Ian St John, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Scotland U23 player St John, Ian, FitbaStats
- ↑ "FA Cup Final 1965". Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Liverpool FC legend Ian St John recovering from cancer operation". BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Ian St John: Former Liverpool & Scotland forward dies at age 82". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (12 April 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Players – Ian St John". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ "1965/66: Stan the man for Dortmund". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 1 June 1966. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ Saunders, Steven (17 November 2008). "Scottish football welcomes eight new faces into the Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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