25 Facts About Sandy Jardine

William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland.

Sandy Jardine played over 1000 professional games and twice won the Scottish Football Writers Association Player of the Year award.

Sandy Jardine won several honours with Rangers, including two domestic trebles in 1976 and 1978, and was part of the Rangers team that won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.

Sandy Jardine won 38 caps for Scotland and played in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups.

Sandy Jardine died in April 2014,18 months after being diagnosed with liver cancer.

Sandy Jardine grew up in Edinburgh in close proximity to Tynecastle Park, the home ground of Hearts who he supported as a youngster.

Sandy Jardine scored his first Rangers goal a few weeks later on 18 March 1967 in a league match against Ayr United.

Sandy Jardine proved a revelation at right-back; a strong player who enjoyed marauding forward, he had an excellent turn of pace which ensured he was rarely caught out of position.

Greig allowed Sandy Jardine to leave due to his long service and his stated wish to end his playing career at the club he supported as a boy.

Sandy Jardine signed for Hearts, the club he had supported as a child, in 1982.

Sandy Jardine linked up with former Rangers teammate Alex MacDonald, who was now player-manager at the Edinburgh club.

Sandy Jardine was now assistant manager, and according to teammate John Robertson he helped to instil higher standards of professionalism at the club.

Sandy Jardine was the second player to win the award more than once and the first player to win the award with two different clubs.

In November 1986, Sandy Jardine was appointed joint manager alongside MacDonald.

Sandy Jardine made his debut appearance for Scotland as a substitute for David Hay on 11 November 1970 in a European Championship qualifying win against Denmark.

Sandy Jardine had helped Scotland qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany.

Sandy Jardine played in all three group matches of the tournament, where he and Celtic's Danny McGrain were voted the best pair of fullbacks in the competition.

Sandy Jardine continued to play regularly for Scotland throughout the 1970s and made one further appearance in the finals of a major tournament, against Iran during the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

Sandy Jardine made his final Scotland appearance on 19 December 1979, against Belgium in a European Championship qualifier.

Sandy Jardine was capped 38 times in total and captained the team on nine occasions.

Sandy Jardine joined Heart of Midlothian in July 1982 as a player, but took on the role of assistant manager under ex-Rangers teammate Alex MacDonald.

Sandy Jardine later worked for Rangers in a public relations capacity and then in the retail department as the club's sales and marketing manager.

Sandy Jardine was upset by the imposition of sanctions on Rangers by a Scottish Football Association judicial panel in April 2012.

Sandy Jardine said that the Rangers fans would consider taking action against other clubs or governing bodies that they felt had acted against Rangers' interests.

On 17 November 2012, Rangers announced that Sandy Jardine was being treated for cancer.