Scottish football player and manager (1922–1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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 | |||||
Albion Rovers
Celtic
Dunfermline Athletic
Hibernian
Celtic
Scotland
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