Jock Stein

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Jock Stein
Personal information
Date of birth	5 October 1922(1922-10-05)
Place of birth	Burnbank, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death	10 September 1985 (aged 62)
Place of death	Cardiff, Wales
Playing position	Centre-half, Manager
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1942–1950 1950–1951 1951–1956	Albion Rovers Llanelli Town Celtic	200 (0) 000 (0) 148 (2)
Teams managed
1960–1964 1964–1965 1965–1978 1965 1978 1978–1985	Dunfermline Athletic Hibernian Celtic Scotland Leeds United Scotland
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John 'Jock' Stein CBE (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974.

During his managerial career he won the European Cup once, ten Scottish League Championships, nine Scottish Cups, and six Scottish League Cups. All but one of these honours (the 1961 Scottish Cup with Dunfermline) were won with Celtic. After a brief stint with Leeds United, Stein managed the Scottish national side from 1978 until his death in 1985. Stein was voted the greatest Scottish football manager in a 2003 poll by the Sunday Herald newspaper.^[1]

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 2.1 Dunfermline 2.2 Hibernian 2.3 Celtic 2.4 Scotland 3 Tributes 4 Honours 5 Notes 6 External links

Playing career

Born in Burnbank, South Lanarkshire, Stein saw football as his escape from the Lanarkshire coal mines. In 1937 he left Greenfield school in Hamilton and after a short time working in a carpet factory went down the pits to become a miner. The next year he joined Blantyre Victoria junior football club. He started out as a professional player with Albion Rovers in 1942 and continued to work as a miner during the week, while playing as centre-half on Saturday. He made a name for himself as a no nonsense centre-half and went on to make over 200 appearances for the Coatbridge club, which also included a brief loan spell to Dundee United in 1943. Rovers won promotion to the First Division in 1948.

In 1950 Stein signed for non-league Welsh club A.F.C. Llanelli. For the first time in his career, he became a full-time professional footballer on the sum of £12 per week. He was soon desperate to return to Scotland as he had left his wife and young daughter behind and his house had been broken into twice in his absence. In 1951, on the recommendation of Celtic F.C. reserve team trainer Jimmy Gribben, Celtic bought him for £1,200.

He was signed as a reserve but injuries incurred by first team players resulted in him being elevated to the first team. In 1952 he was appointed vice-captain and when captain Sean Fallon broke his arm the full captaincy was passed to Stein. He was club captain until his Celtic playing career ended due to injury in 1956.

In 1953 he captained Celtic to Coronation Cup success when they unexpectedly beat Arsenal 1–0, Manchester United 2–1 and Hibernian 2–0 to become unofficial champions of Britain and in 1954, he captained Celtic to their first League championship since 1938 and first League and Scottish Cup double since 1914. During Scotland's performances in the 1954 World Cup Finals, Jock Stein learned from the shambles of Scotland’s preparations and also about the continentals' tactics.

Stein was forced to retire from football in 1956 after suffering persistent ankle injuries. He had played 148 league games for Celtic and scored two goals. He was given the job of coaching the reserve and youth players and was responsible for persuading the board to purchase Barrowfield as a training ground. In 1958, he led the reserves to the second XI Cup with an 8–2 aggregate triumph over Rangers. This was Stein’s first success as a manager.

Managerial career

Dunfermline

On 14 March 1960 he accepted the job of manager at Dunfermline. After only six weeks in charge, Stein led them clear of relegation. He built Dunfermline into a powerful force and guided them to their first Scottish Cup in 1961, via a 2–0 replay victory over Celtic. In 1962 they defeated Everton in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and only lost to Valencia in a third game play-off after retrieving a four goal first leg deficit.

Hibernian

Stein was appointed manager of Hibernian in 1964, and within months of becoming manager he led them to victory in the Summer Cup. The testimony of his contemporaries was that he was already “miles” ahead of everyone else in his understanding of the game, and in studying how the investment of energy could be tailored to maximum effect. Stein was immersing himself in the structure of the game while the rest simply went out and played.

Celtic

He returned to Celtic in March 1965, becoming the club's first Protestant manager and the fourth manager in club history. Following a barren period of eight years without a trophy for Celtic, he revitalised the team. Just six weeks after becoming manager, he led Celtic to Scottish Cup success in a 3–2 victory over his old club Dunfermline. The next year Celtic were crowned Scottish champions for the first time since 1954. They also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, only to be knocked out on the away goals rule by Liverpool.

In the following season, Stein managed Celtic to a domestic treble for the first time in the club's history. His greatest triumph, however, was in guiding Celtic to victory in the 1967 European Cup Final against previous champions, Italian giants Inter Milan. Despite initially falling behind to an Italian penalty, his team triumphed 2–1, winning much admiration for the positive attacking quality of their football.

In winning club football's most prestigious trophy, Stein became the first man not only to guide a Scottish club to champions of Europe, but also the first to achieve this honour with a British club. Celtic were also the first northern European side to become champions of Europe. He also became the first manager in history to win all competitions entered. The feat was done with a team all born within 30 miles of Glasgow. The feat of winning the Champions Cup with a team full of native-born players was later matched by Steaua Bucharest. In a conversation with Bill Shankly shortly afterwards, Shankly famously told him "John, you're immortal now".

The following season, Celtic won the League and League Cup for the third season in a row. In 1969 they won another domestic treble, their second in three years. In 1970, Stein led Celtic to a League and League Cup double; they also finished runners-up in the Scottish Cup. He also guided them to their second European Cup Final, but they lost to Dutch side Feijenoord in Milan.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1970. Stein would have been knighted instead if not for an infamous Intercontinental Cup final match against Racing Club where four Celtic players were sent off.^[2][3]

The 1970s brought continued success on the domestic front. During this time Stein's Celtic completed a record of nine consecutive Scottish Championships - it was not matched until Rangers won a ninth successive league title in 1997. Stein was badly injured in a car crash in 1975; he nearly died but eventually recovered. For most of season 1975–76, Sean Fallon assumed control as manager. Stein returned to his position at the start of the following season.

Celtic's fortunes at this point went into decline and Stein was persuaded to stand down to make way for a younger man. Billy McNeill was appointed as manager in 1978, but Stein was not offered a seat on the Celtic board. He was instead offered a position with responsibility for the Celtic Pools^[4]. Stein rejected this offer as he felt he still had something to offer football and left Celtic in less than amicable circumstances. Shortly afterwards he became manager of Leeds United but, after just 45 days in charge at Elland Road, Stein resigned, accepting the position of Scotland manager.

Scotland

Stein, who had been Scotland manager on a part-time basis in 1965, was now able to focus on the job full-time. He led Scotland to the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where they were eliminated on goal difference by the Soviet Union.

On 10 September 1985, Scotland drew 1–1 with Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff, securing a play-off against Australia which would lead to qualification for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. However, Stein suffered a heart attack at the end of the game and died shortly afterwards in the stadium's medical room. He was 62 years old.

After Stein's death, Scotland were managed by his assistant Alex Ferguson (who secured qualification by guiding Scotland to victory over Australia in the playoff) until the appointment of Andy Roxburgh after the tournament finished.

Tributes

Since his death, Stein has been inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. He has been voted the greatest ever Scottish manager, and in 2002 he was voted the greatest ever Celtic manager by the club's fans. When Celtic Park was rebuilt in the 1990s, the traditional Celtic fans' end of the stadium was named the Jock Stein Stand. A bust of Stein was presented to Celtic by a supporters' group and now sits in the foyer of the stadium.

Honours

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish Cup^[5] (1) 1961

Celtic

• European Cup (1) 1967
• Scottish League Championships^[6] (10) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
• Scottish Cup^[5] (8) 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977
• Scottish League Cup^[7] (6) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975

Notes

External links

• Full Managerial Stats for Leeds United from WAFLL

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Achievements
Preceded by Miguel Muñoz	European Cup Winning Coach 1966-67	Succeeded by Matt Busby
Sporting positions
Preceded by Sean Fallon	Celtic F.C. captain 1952-1956	Succeeded by Bobby Evans

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