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.

Ian St John
St John in 1966
Personal information
Full name John St John[1]
Date of birth (1938-06-07)7 June 1938
Place of birth Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death 1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (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)
1956–1957Douglas 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

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9][10]
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]
List of international goals scored by Ian St John
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

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Liverpool

Individual

References

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  1. "Statutory registers – Births – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ian St John (2014). The Saint – My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444785913.
  3. (SFL player) Ian St John, London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. 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]
  5. Scotland U23 player St John, Ian, FitbaStats
  6. "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)
  7. "Liverpool FC legend Ian St John recovering from cancer operation". BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. "Ian St John: Former Liverpool & Scotland forward dies at age 82". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (12 April 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Players – Ian St John". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. "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.
  13. 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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