John "Jock" Stein was a Scottish football player and manager.
70 Facts About Jock Stein
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Jock Stein was the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967.
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Jock Stein worked as a coalminer while playing football part-time for Blantyre Victoria and then Albion Rovers.
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Jock Stein became a full-time professional football player with Welsh club Llanelli Town, but returned to Scotland with Celtic in 1951.
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Jock Stein enjoyed some success with Celtic, winning the Coronation Cup in 1953 and a Scottish league and Scottish Cup double in 1954.
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Ankle injuries forced Jock Stein to retire from playing football in 1957.
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Jock Stein started his managerial career in 1960 with Dunfermline, where he won the Scottish Cup in 1961 and achieved some notable results in European football.
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In thirteen years at Celtic, Jock Stein won the European Cup, ten Scottish league championships, eight Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups.
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In 1940, Jock Stein agreed to sign for Burnbank Athletic, but his father vehemently objected.
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Jock Stein continued to work as a miner during the week, which was a reserved occupation during the Second World War.
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Jock Stein had a brief loan spell with Dundee United in 1943.
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In 1950, having been approached by former Albion Rovers teammate Dougie Wallace, Jock Stein signed for non-league Welsh club Llanelli.
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Jock Stein initially left his wife, Jean, and young daughter, Ray, in Scotland when he moved to Llanelli.
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Jock Stein's family moved down soon afterwards, but his council house in Hamilton was burgled about eight weeks after they moved.
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Jean wanted to return to Scotland, and Jock Stein accepted her desire in light of his own disillusionment with the problems at the club.
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Jock Stein was signed as a reserve but injuries incurred by first team players resulted in him being elevated to the first team.
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Jock Stein was influenced by Scotland's poor preparation and the impressive performance of Hungary.
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Jock Stein received his only international recognition in 1954, when he was selected for the Scottish Football League XI.
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Jock Stein was no longer able to flex the joint and had to stop playing, officially retiring on 29 January 1957.
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In July 1957, Jock Stein was given the job of coaching the Celtic reserve team.
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Jock Stein's squad included a number of young players who would later play under him in the first team, including Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch and John Clark.
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On 14 March 1960, Jock Stein was appointed manager of Dunfermline.
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When Jock Stein was appointed, the team were only two points above last place and mired in a battle against relegation.
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The players noticed an immediate difference from previous managers as Jock Stein took an active part in practice sessions.
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Jock Stein built his defence around John McNamee, who had been discarded by Celtic, and Pat Stanton.
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Jock Stein led Hibs to victory in the Summer Cup, their first trophy in ten years.
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Jock Stein then approached Celtic chairman Bob Kelly, ostensibly to ask his advice about the offer from Wolves, but in the hope that he would be offered the Celtic job instead.
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Hibs tried to convince Jock Stein to stay, even attempting to persuade his wife Jean, but becoming Celtic manager had been his long-held ambition.
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Jock Stein returned to Celtic in March 1965, becoming the club's first Protestant manager and the fourth manager in club history.
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Jock Stein prepared the Celtic players with tactical advice, which they had never received before.
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Jock Stein was agitated during the game, frequently glancing at his watch.
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In winning club football's most prestigious trophy, Jock Stein became the first man not only to guide a Scottish club to champions of Europe, but the first to achieve this honour with a British club.
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Jock Stein became the first manager in history to win all competitions entered.
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In 1970, Jock Stein led Celtic to a League and League Cup double; they finished runners-up in the Scottish Cup.
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Jock Stein guided them to their second European Cup Final, knocking out Benfica and Leeds United en route, but they lost to Dutch side Feyenoord in Milan.
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Around this time, Manchester United made efforts to persuade Jock Stein to join them as manager.
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Jock Stein declined their advances, a decision he later told Alex Ferguson that he regretted.
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Jock Stein was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970.
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Jock 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.
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Jock Stein was badly injured in a car crash in 1975; he nearly died but eventually recovered.
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McParland took charge of the 'tracksuit' aspects of coaching at Celtic while Jock Stein watched from the touchline, still not fully recovered from the serious car smash he was involved in the year before.
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Later on in the season, Jock Stein signed attacking midfielder Alfie Conn from Tottenham Hotspur.
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Jock Stein was allowed to nominate his successor, Billy McNeill, and Stein thought an agreement was in place for him to join the Celtic board of directors.
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Celtic instead offered a management position in their pools company, which Jock Stein rejected as he believed he still had something to offer football.
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The players at Leeds received the news well, but were concerned that Jock Stein had never shown any previous interest in managing in England.
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Attendances at Elland Road were low and Jock Stein apparently missed the pressure of big games against foreign opposition.
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Jock Stein advised commentator Archie Macpherson to make it publicly known that he would be interested in taking the job.
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Cussins could not convince Jock Stein to stay and he resigned to accept the position of Scotland manager.
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Jock Stein had been manager of Leeds for just 44 days, like Clough, although his tenure and departure had no bitterness or rancour.
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Jock Stein was first appointed manager of Scotland on a part-time basis in the spring of 1965, taking charge of their attempt to qualify for the 1966 World Cup.
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Jock Stein relinquished the Scotland job after this defeat to concentrate on his full-time role with Celtic.
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Amid overwhelming optimism incited by incumbent manager Ally MacLeod that Scotland would achieve great success at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, Jock Stein was one of the few to caution against this: something he would be proven right in, as Scotland subsequently failed to qualify from the group stage.
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Jock Stein was appointed Scotland manager on a full-time basis on 5 October 1978, which was his 56th birthday.
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Jock Stein had picked a team with only players based in England, but he felt that he could bring through more home-based players.
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Jock Stein believed that Scotland had tended to play with too much emotion and naivety, which he wanted to replace with an emphasis on retaining possession of the football.
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Scotland travelled to Spain in the summer of 1982 in what would be the only occasion Jock Stein would manage a side at the finals of major international tournament.
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Brazil were the next opponents, and Jock Stein make a number of changes to his side.
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Jock Stein observed that Scotland "won with style" and singled out winger Davie Cooper along with McStay for the flair they both displayed.
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Jock Stein described the win over Spain as "the most satisfying since I became [Scotland] manager", adding that "we scored three goals against a quality team that came to defend".
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Jock Stein's appointment was made to take the strain off manager Willie Ormond.
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Jock Stein started as Colts manager with wins over Sweden under-23s in a friendly, and Leeds United in a challenge match.
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Jock Stein then took charge of his only competitive match in charge.
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Jock Stein took charge of three matches between 1978 and 1980, which included the last inter-league match involving the Scottish League XI.
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Jock Stein was cremated at Linn Crematorium in Glasgow, at a private ceremony at which many past and present football figures were in attendance.
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Jock Stein's death had a profound effect on his assistant, and Aberdeen manager, Alex Ferguson, who regarded Stein as a mentor and was horrified by his sudden death.
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Jock Stein is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential managers in the history of British football.
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Jock Stein is considered a football visionary; in particular for his time at Celtic where he transformed a side lacking direction and having gone almost eight years without a trophy into the best team in Europe, all whilst playing entertaining adventurous football.
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Jock Stein was hugely respected by his peers and a massive influence on the next generation of managers who would follow in his footsteps; such as those who played under him like Billy McNeill, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Alex McLeish, Gordon Strachan; and those who worked under him as coaches like Jim McLean, Walter Smith, Craig Brown and in particular Alex Ferguson.
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In 2002 Jock Stein was voted the greatest ever Celtic manager by the club's fans, and he was voted the greatest Scottish football manager in a 2003 poll by the Sunday Herald newspaper.
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Jock Stein married Jeanie McAuley in 1946 and they were together until his death 39 years later.