Jock Stein

Jock Stein
CBE

Stein in 1971
Personal information
Full name	John Stein
Date of birth	(1922-10-05)5 October 1922
Place of birth	Burnbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death	10 September 1985(1985-09-10) (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

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 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	048.44
Hibernian[5]	Scotland	March 1964	March 1965	50	31	8	11	062.00
Scotland[6]	Scotland	May 1965	December 1965	7	3	1	3	042.86
Celtic[7]	Scotland	March 1965	August 1978	743	516	119	108	069.45
Leeds United[8]	England	August 1978	October 1978	10	4	3	3	040.00
Scotland[6]	Scotland	October 1978	September 1985	61	26	12	23	042.62
Total				1,063	673	180	210	063.31

Albion Rovers

• Scottish B Division promotion: 1947–48^[9]
• Lanarkshire Cup: 1948–49^[10]

Celtic

• Coronation Cup: 1953^[11][12]
• Scottish league championship: 1953–54^[11][13]
• Scottish Cup: 1953–54^[11][14]
• Glasgow Cup: 1955–56^[15][16]
• Glasgow Charity Cup: 1952–53^[17]

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish Cup: 1960–61^[14]
• Fife Cup (3): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63^[18]
• Penman Cup: 1959–60^[18]

Hibernian

• Summer Cup: 1963–64^[19]

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^[14]
• Scottish League Cup (6): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1974–75^[20]
• Drybrough Cup: 1974^[21]
• Glasgow Cup (5): 1964–65 , 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1974–75^[22]

Scotland

• Rous Cup: 1985

• British Manager of the Year: 1967^[23]
• Scottish Football Personality of the Year: 1976–77,^[24] 1981–82^[25]
• Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame: 2002^[26]
• Inaugural Inductee to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2004^[27]
• Inaugural Inductee to the Dunfermline Athletic Hall of Fame: 2004^[28]
• Sunday Herald Greatest Scottish Manager of All Time: 2003^[29]
• ESPN 17th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013^[30]
• World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013^[31][32]
• Sports Illustrated 28th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[33]
• France Football 34th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[34]
• FourFourTwo 30th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020^[35]

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