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John Thomson (28 January 1909 – 5 September 1931) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic and the Scotland national football team. He died as a result of an accidental collision with Rangers player Sam English during an Old Firm match at Ibrox.
John Hughes (3 April 1943 – 1 August 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Crystal Palace, Sunderland and the Scotland national team.Hughes was nicknamed 'Yogi', [2] derived from the popular cartoon character Yogi Bear, said to be due to his large build. [3]
Stuart Edward Gray (18 December 1973 – 27 January 2024) was an English-born Scottish footballer.He played as a full-back for Celtic and Reading.Born in England, he won seven Scotland under-21 international caps.
His brother Willie played for Dunfermline and Scotland, and his father William, maternal uncles Patrick Flannigan and David Flannigan, son Tommy Callaghan Jr [3] nephew Willie Callaghan Jr, and grand-nephew Liam Callaghan [4] all played football to some extent. [5] [6] On 25 October 2024, Callaghan died at the age of 79. [7]
Philip O'Donnell (25 March 1972 – 29 December 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Motherwell, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday.He also earned one international cap for Scotland and twice won the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award.
Kilmarnock were also permitted to retain his playing registration, effectively ending his professional career as a player. At Celtic, his team grew a reputation for playing attractive and attacking football and they won the Scottish Cup in 1995; [8] [9] but Celtic proved unable to break the domination of Old Firm rivals Rangers.
Thomas Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. Although right-footed, he excelled as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who won the 1966–67 European Cup; he scored the first Celtic goal in the final.
William McNeill MBE (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to their European Cup victory in 1967 and later spent two spells as the club's manager. As a ...