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Jock Stein

Jock Stein
CBE
Celtic manager Jock Stein in 1971.jpg
Stein in 1971
Personal information
Full name John Stein
Date of birth (1922-10-05)5 October 1922
Place of birth Burnbank, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death 10 September 1985(1985-09-10) (aged 62)
Place of death Cardiff, Wales
Playing position Centre half
Youth career
1940–1942 Blantyre Victoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1950 Albion Rovers 94 (4)
1950–1951 Llanelli Town 44 (5)
1951–1957 Celtic 106 (2)
Total 244 (11)
National team
1954 Scottish League XI 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 became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974.

Stein worked as a coalminer while playing football part-time for Blantyre Victoria and then Albion Rovers. He became a full-time professional football player with Welsh club Llanelli Town, but returned to Scotland with Celtic in 1951. He enjoyed some success with Celtic, winning the Coronation Cup in 1953 and a Scottish league and Scottish Cup double in 1954. Ankle injuries forced Stein to retire from playing football in 1957.

Celtic appointed Stein to coach their reserve team after he retired as a player. 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. After a brief but successful spell at Hibernian, Stein returned to Celtic as manager in March 1965. In thirteen years at Celtic, Stein won the European Cup, ten Scottish league championships, eight Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups. After a brief stint with Leeds United, Stein managed the Scottish national side from 1978 until his death in 1985.


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