Jock Stein
Scottish football player and manager (1922–1985)
John "Jock" Stein CBE (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish football player and manager. He is best known for his highly successful management of Celtic. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. He also won ten league titles, eight Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups with Celtic. He also managed Leeds United, Dunfermline Athletic to a Scottish Cup and the Scotland national side to a Rous Cup. As a player, he played for Albion Rovers, Llanelli Town and Celtic.
 Stein in 1971 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Stein | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 10 September 1985 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1940–1942 | Blantyre Victoria | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1940–1942 | Blantyre Victoria | ||
| 1942–1950 | Albion Rovers[1] | 236 | (9) |
| 1950–1951 | Llanelli Town[1] | 44 | (5) |
| 1951–1957 | Celtic[1] | 106 | (2) |
| Total | 365 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1954 | Scottish League XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1964 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1964–1965 | Hibernian | ||
| 1965 | Scotland | ||
| 1965–1978 | Celtic | ||
| 1978 | Leeds United | ||
| 1978–1985 | Scotland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Stein was born in Burnbank, South Lanarkshire. He was married to Jeanie McAuley. The couple had two children.
On 10 September 1985, Stein was managing Scotland against the Welsh national team in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Near the end of a 1–1 draw between the sides, he had a heart attack and died in the medical room of Ninian Park in Cardiff, Wales. He was 62.[3]
Managerial statistics change
| Team | Country | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Dunfermline Athletic[4] |  Scotland
|
March 1960 | March 1964 | 192 | 93 | 37 | 62 | 48.44 | ||
| Hibernian[5] | Scotland
|
March 1964 | March 1965 | 50 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 62.00 | ||
| Scotland[6] | Scotland
|
May 1965 | December 1965 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 42.86 | ||
| Celtic[7] | Scotland
|
March 1965 | August 1978 | 743 | 516 | 119 | 108 | 69.45 | ||
| Leeds United[8] |  England
|
August 1978 | October 1978 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40.00 | ||
| Scotland[6] | Scotland
|
October 1978 | September 1985 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 42.62 | ||
| Total | 1,063 | 673 | 180 | 210 | 63.31 | |||||
Honours change
Player change
Albion Rovers
- Scottish B Division promotion: 1947–48[9]
- Lanarkshire Cup: 1948–49[10]
Celtic
- Coronation Cup: 1953[11][12]
- Scottish league championship: 1953–54[11][13]
- Scottish Cup: 1953–54[11][14]
- Glasgow Cup: 1955–56[15][16]
- Glasgow Charity Cup: 1952–53[17]
Manager change
Dunfermline Athletic
Hibernian
Celtic
- European Cup: 1966–67
- Scottish league championship (10): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77
- Scottish Cup (8): 1964–65, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77[14]
- Scottish League Cup (6): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75[20]
- Drybrough Cup: 1974[21]
- Glasgow Cup (5): 1964–65 , 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1974–75[22]
Scotland
Individual change
- British Manager of the Year: 1967[23]
- Scottish Football Personality of the Year: 1976–77,[24] 1981–82[25]
- Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame: 2002[26]
- Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2004[27]
- Inaugural Inductee to the Dunfermline Athletic Hall of Fame: 2004[28]
- Sunday Herald Greatest Scottish Manager of All Time: 2003[29]
- ESPN 17th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013[30]
- World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013[31][32]
- Sports Illustrated 28th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019[33]
- France Football 34th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019[34]
- FourFourTwo 30th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020[35]
References change
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MacPherson 2007, p. 326
- ↑ "Jock Stein". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ↑ McCallum, Andrew; Reynolds, Jim (11 September 1985). "Manager Stein dies at match". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic manager details – Stein, Jock". Fitbastats. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Hibernian manager details – Stein, Jock". FitbaStats. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Scotland manager details – Stein, Jock". FitbaStats. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Celtic manager details – Stein, Jock". FitbaStats. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Managers – Jock Stein". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Club History". Albion Rovers FC. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Rovers win Cup". Coatbridge Express. 28 September 1949. Retrieved 24 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Remembering Jock Stein". BBC Sport. 8 September 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Rollicking Celtic win Cornoation Cup". Dundee Courier. 21 May 1953. Retrieved 24 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scotland - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Scotland - List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ "Greatly improved form of Celtic and Rangers". Glasgow Herald. 27 September 1955. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Celts late spurt does it". Evening Express. 26 December 1955. Retrieved 24 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "2-goal Mochan's sunny debut for Celts". Daily Record. 11 May 1953. Retrieved 25 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Season 1959/60".
"Season 1960/61".
"Season 1962/63". Pars Databasw. Retrieved 25 April 2021. - ↑ Summer Cup, SFHA
- ↑ "Scotland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ Last-gasp Hibs grab the cup, Evening Times, 5 August 1973, via The Celtic Wiki.
- ↑ Celtic Retain The Glasgow Cup | Queen's Park Outclassed, 12 May 1965.
Thistle No Match For Celtic In Glasgow Cup Final, 8 November 1966.
Celtic run riot in first half, 18 April 1968.
Youthful Celtic win back Glasgow Cup from Rangers, 11 August 1970.
Old Firm turn on a final classic, Glasgow Herald, 12 May 1975, via The Celtic Wiki. - ↑ "Jock Stein". League Manager's Association. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jock Stein wins Soccer Personality Award". Evening Express. 7 June 1977. Retrieved 7 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Injury means Miller may have to wait for 18th cap". Press and Journal. 28 May 1982. Retrieved 7 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Jock Stein". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Jock Stein". Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "First Hall of Fame, November 2004". DAFC. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Famous Scots - Jock Stein". FGS. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Greatest Managers, No. 17: Jock Stein
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 Greatest Football Managers of All Time". si.com. Sports Illustrated. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "Ranked! The 100 best football managers of all time". fourfourtwo.com. FourFourTwo. Retrieved 10 December 2023.