Ian St John
Scottish association football player and manager
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]
Honours change
- Liverpool
- Football League First Division (2): 1963–64, 1965–66
- Football League Second Division (1): 1961–62
- FA Cup (1): 1964–65
- FA Charity Shield (3): 1964, 1965, 1966
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.
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