Jimmy O'Rourke (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 September 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 2022 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1974 | Hibernian | 223 | (81) |
| 1974–1976 | St Johnstone | 68 | (23) |
| 1976–1978 | Motherwell | 46 | (14) |
| Total | 337 | (118) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jimmy O'Rourke (18 September 1946 – 15 November 2022) was a Scottish footballer who played as a striker for Hibernian, St Johnstone and Motherwell.
O'Rourke signed for Hibernian straight from schools football in 1962. He made his first team debut as a 16-year-old later that year in an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup match against Utrecht. This made him the youngest player to play for Hibs in their history, a record that stood until January 2004, when Jamie McCluskey made his first team debut.[2] O'Rourke then became a key player in Eddie Turnbull's side of the early 1970s that reached the 1972 Scottish Cup Final and won the League Cup Final later that year. He also scored two hat-tricks for Hibs in European matches, including one against Sporting CP.
O'Rourke was controversially transferred to St Johnstone in 1974 to make way for Joe Harper, who had been brought in from Everton at great expense. O'Rourke later played for Motherwell before returning to Easter Road as an assistant coach to Eddie Turnbull.
O'Rourke died at his home in Edinburgh on 15 November 2022, at the age of 76.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jimmy O'Rourke". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Hardie, David (31 January 2004). "O'Rourke happy to see age-old record broken". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 9 February 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Jimmy O'Rourke, 1946–2022". Hibernian FC. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
External links
[edit]- Jimmy O'Rourke at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Jimmy O'Rourke[permanent dead link] at ihibs.co.uk
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