Jock Stein

John "Jock" Stein  (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 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.

Managerial statistics
TeamCountryFromToRecordPWDLWin %Dunfermline AthleticMarch 1960March 1964HibernianMarch 1964March 1965ScotlandMay 1965December 1965CelticMarch 1965August 1978Leeds UnitedAugust 1978October 1978ScotlandOctober 1978September 1985Total

 Honours 

 Player 

 Albion Rovers 

 Scottish  B Division promotion: 1947–48
 Lanarkshire Cup: 1948–49

 Celtic 

 Coronation Cup: 1953
 Scottish league championship: 1953–54
 Scottish Cup: 1953–54
 Glasgow Cup: 1955–56
 Glasgow Charity Cup: 1952–53

 Manager 

Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish Cup: 1960–61
Fife Cup (3): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63
Penman Cup: 1959–60

Hibernian
Summer Cup: 1963–64Summer Cup , SFHA

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
Scottish League Cup (6): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75
Drybrough Cup: 1974Last-gasp Hibs grab the cup , Evening Times, 5 August 1973, via The Celtic Wiki.
Glasgow Cup (5): 1964–65 , 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1974–75Celtic 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.

Scotland
Rous Cup: 1985

 Individual 

British Manager of the Year: 1967
 Scottish Football Personality of the Year: 1976–77, 1981–82 
 Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame: 2002
Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2004
Inaugural Inductee to the Dunfermline Athletic Hall of Fame: 2004
Sunday Herald Greatest Scottish Manager of All Time: 2003
ESPN 17th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013Greatest Managers, No. 17: Jock Stein
World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
 Sports Illustrated 28th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
France Football 34th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
 FourFourTwo 30th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020

References

Category:1922 births
Category:1985 deaths
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:Footballers from South Lanarkshire