Ian St John
 St John in 1966 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John St John[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 March 2021 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Motherwell Bridge Works[2] | |||
| 1955–1956 | North Motherwell Athletic[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1961 | Motherwell | 113 | (80) |
| 1956–1957 | → Douglas Water Thistle (loan) | ||
| 1961–1971 | Liverpool | 336 | (95) |
| 1971 | Hellenic | 23 | (4) |
| 1971–1972 | Coventry City | 18 | (3) |
| 1972 | Cape Town City | ||
| 1972–1973 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1965 | Scotland | 21 | (9) |
| 1959–1961[3] | Scottish League XI | 4 | (6) |
| 1960[4] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| 1960[5] | Scotland U23 | 2 | (2) |
| 1962[4] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1973–1974 | Motherwell | ||
| 1974–1977 | Portsmouth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Ian St John (7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish footballer. He played as a centre-forward. He is best known as a 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.[6] He played for Scotland 21 times. He later became a manager and 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.[7]
St John died on 1 March 2021 after a long illness in Arrowe Park, Merseyside at the age of 82.[8]
International career statistics
[change | change source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1959 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1961 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1964 | — | ||
| 1965 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each St John goal.[9][10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 May 1960 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 5 |  Poland |
2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 26 September 1961 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 8 |  Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | 3–2 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 8 November 1961 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 10 |  Wales |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1961–62 British Home Championship |
| 4 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 29 November 1961 | Stade Heysel, Brussels | 11 | Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | 2–4 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 7 | 13 June 1963 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid | 19 |  Spain |
6–2 | 6–2 | Friendly match |
| 8 | 12 October 1963 | Windsor Park, Belfast | 20 |  Northern Ireland |
1–1 | 1–2 | 1963–64 British Home Championship |
| 9 | 10 April 1965 | Wembley Stadium, London | 21 |  England |
2–2 | 2–2 | 1964–65 British Home Championship |
Honours
[change | change source]Liverpool
- Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66[11]
- Football League Second Division: 1961–62[11]
- FA Cup: 1964–65[11]
- FA Charity Shield: 1964, 1965, 1966
- European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1965–66[12]
Individual
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2008[13]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Statutory registers – Births – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ian St John (2014). The Saint – My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444785913.
- ↑ (SFL player) Ian St John, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Scotland U23 player St John, Ian, FitbaStats
- ↑ "FA Cup Final 1965". Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Liverpool FC legend Ian St John recovering from cancer operation". BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "Ian St John: Former Liverpool & Scotland forward dies at age 82". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (12 April 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Players – Ian St John". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ "1965/66: Stan the man for Dortmund". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 1 June 1966. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ Saunders, Steven (17 November 2008). "Scottish football welcomes eight new faces into the Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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