Ian St John: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox football biography

| image = Ian St John (1966).jpg

| caption = St John in 1966

| fullname = John St John<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=St%20John&surname_so=exact&forename_so=fuzzy&from_year=1937&to_year=1939&county=LANARK&record_type=stat_births|title=Statutory registers – Births – Search results|publisher=[[ScotlandsPeople]]|url-access=registration|access-date=2023-11-17|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921104441/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=St%20John&surname_so=exact&forename_so=fuzzy&from_year=1937&to_year=1939&county=LANARK&record_type=stat_births|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|6|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Motherwell, Lanarkshire]], Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|1|1938|6|7|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Arrowe Park]], [[Merseyside]], England

| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Motherwell Bridge Works<ref name=autobio>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYJAAQAAQBAJ&q=the+saint+douglas+water+thistle&pg=PT43 |title=The Saint – My Autobiography|author=Ian St John|year=2014|publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=9781444785913}}</ref>

| youthyears2 = 1955–1956

| youthclubs2 = North Motherwell Athletic<ref name=autobio/>

| years1 = 1956–1961

| clubs1 = [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]

| caps1 = 113

| goals1 = 80

| years2 = 1956–1957

| clubs2 = → [[Douglas Water Thistle F.C.|Douglas Water Thistle]] (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1961–1971

| clubs3 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]

| caps3 = 336<!-- league appearances only, 425 is all appearances.-->

| goals3 = 95<!-- league appearances only, 118 is all appearances.-->

| years4 = 1971

| clubs4 = [[Hellenic F.C.|Hellenic]]

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1971–1972

| clubs5 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1972

| clubs6 = [[Cape Town City F.C. (NFL)|Cape Town City]]

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 1972–1973

| clubs7 = [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]

| caps7 = 9

| goals7 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1965

| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]

| nationalcaps1 = 21

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| nationalyears2 = 1959–1961<ref>[https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/ianstjohn.html (SFL player) Ian St John], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref>

| nationalteam2 = [[Scottish League XI]]

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 6

| nationalyears3 = 1960<ref name=scot60s>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lITgDAAAQBAJ&q=1964+%22scotland+XI%22+v+%22scottish+league&pg=PT215|title=Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s|author=Ronnie McDevitt|year=2016|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781785312458}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

| nationalteam3 = [[List of Scottish Football League representative players#Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players|SFL trial v SFA]]

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1960<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=66 Scotland U23 player St John, Ian], FitbaStats</ref>

| nationalteam4 = [[Scotland national under-23 football team|Scotland U23]]

| nationalcaps4 = 2

| nationalgoals4 = 2

| nationalyears5 = 1962<ref name=scot60s/>

| nationalteam5 = [[List of Scottish Football League representative players#Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players|SFA trial v SFL]]

| nationalcaps5 = 1

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1973–1974

| managerclubs1 = [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]

| manageryears2 = 1974–1977

| managerclubs2 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]

}}

'''Ian St John''' (7 June 1938 &ndash; 1 March 2021) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[footballer]]. He played as a [[Striker|centre-forward]]. He is best known as a [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] player from 1961 to 1971. He won two First Division league titles and an [[FA Cup]] (scoring the 117th minute winning goal in the 1965 final) with Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1965.htm|title=FA Cup Final 1965|publisher=[[Football Association]]|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-date=6 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006233554/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1965.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> He played for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] 21 times. He later became a manager and [[pundit (expert)|pundit]]. He was born in [[Motherwell]], [[Lanarkshire]]. In 2008, he was added to the [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]].

In June 2014, he announced that he had [[surgery]] for [[bladder cancer]] in April of that year. The surgery removed his bladder and prostate gland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-27780994 |title=Liverpool FC legend Ian St John recovering from cancer operation |publisher=BBC |date=10 June 2014 |access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref>

St John died on 1 March 2021 after a long illness in [[Arrowe Park]], [[Merseyside]] at the age of 82.<ref name="died">{{cite web |title=Ian St John: Former Liverpool & Scotland forward dies at age 82 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56250355 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>

==International career statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name = "scotland 1960">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1960.html |title=Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |last2=Tossani |date=13 December 2018 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref name = "scotland 1965">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1965.html |title=Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |last2=Tossani |date=12 April 2018 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

|-

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|rowspan="7"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]

|1959||3||0

|-

|1960||3||1

|-

|1961||5||5

|-

|1962||4||0

|-

|1963||5||2

|-

|1964||colspan="2"|—

|-

|1965||1||1

|-

!colspan="2"|Total!!21!!9

|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each St John goal''.<ref name = "scotland 1960"/><ref name = "scotland 1965"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Ian St John

|-

!scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Cap

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

|-

|align="center"|1

|{{dts|4 May 1960}}||[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] ||align="center"|5||{{fb|Poland}}||align="center"|2–2||align="center"|2–3||[[Friendly match]]

|-

|align="center"|2

|{{dts|26 September 1961}}||Hampden Park, Glasgow||align="center"|8||{{fb|TCH}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|3–2||[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 8)|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification]]

|-

|align="center"|3

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|8 November 1961}}||rowspan="2"|Hampden Park, Glasgow||rowspan="2" align="center"|10||rowspan="2"|{{fb|Wales}}||align="center"|1–0||rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0||rowspan="2"|[[1961–62 British Home Championship]]

|-

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|2–0

|-

|align="center"|5

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|29 November 1961}}||rowspan="2"|[[Stade Heysel]], [[Brussels]]||rowspan="2" align="center"|11||rowspan="2"|{{fb|TCH}}||align="center"|1–0||rowspan="2" align="center"|2–4||rowspan="2"|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

|-

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|2–1

|-

|align="center"|7

|{{dts|13 June 1963}}||[[Estadio Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Madrid]]||align="center"|19||{{fb|ESP}}||align="center"|6–2||align="center"|6–2||[[Friendly match]]

|-

|align="center"|8

|{{dts|12 October 1963}}||[[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]]||align="center"|20||{{fb|NIR}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–2||[[1963–64 British Home Championship]]

|-

|align="center"|9

|{{dts|10 April 1965}}||[[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London||align="center"|21||{{fb|ENG}}||align="center"|2–2||align="center"|2–2||[[1964–65 British Home Championship]]

|}

==Honours==

'''Liverpool'''

*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1963–64 in English football|1963–64]], [[1965–66 in English football|1965–66]]<ref name = "lfc history">{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/419 |title=Players – Ian St John |work=www.lfchistory.net |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1961–62 in English football|1961–62]]<ref name = "lfc history"/>

*[[FA Cup]]: [[1965 FA Cup Final|1964–65]]<ref name = "lfc history"/>

*[[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1964 FA Charity Shield|1964]], [[1965 FA Charity Shield|1965]], [[1966 FA Charity Shield|1966]]

*[[European Cup Winners' Cup]]: runner-up [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|1965–66]]<ref name="uefa">{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1965/intro.html |title=1965/66: Stan the man for Dortmund |publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) |date=1 June 1966 |access-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510160346/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1965/intro.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

'''Individual'''

*[[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]] inductee: 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Scottish-football-welcomes-eight-new.4699460.jp |work=[[The Scotsman]] |last=Saunders |first=Steven |title=Scottish football welcomes eight new faces into the Hall of Fame |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011101619/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/scottish-football-welcomes-eight-new-faces-into-the-hall-of-fame-1-1147101 |archive-date=11 October 2012}}</ref>

*[http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/stjohn/ Official past players at LFC TV]

[[Category:2021 deaths]]

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[[Category:Scottish football managers]]

[[Category:Footballers from North Lanarkshire]]