Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Roger Shankly Hynd [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, [1] Scotland | ||
Date of death | 18 February 2017[1] | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Glasgow, [1] Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1961–1969 | Rangers | 31 | (4) |
1969–1970 | Crystal Palace | 30 | (0) |
1970–1975 | Birmingham City | 170 | (4) |
1975 | → Oxford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1975–1978 | Walsall | 89 | (1) |
Total | 325 | (9) | |
Managerial career | |||
1977–1978 | Motherwell | ||
1980 | St Johnstone (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.
He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the English Football League. [2] He played nearly 300 League matches for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City – with whom he played more than 200 games and was named Player of the Year as they won promotion to the First Division in 1972 [2] [3] – Oxford United and Walsall. [4] He had a brief spell as manager of Motherwell [5] and a six-game spell as interim manager of St Johnstone [6] before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. [2] He was the nephew of Bill Shankly. [2]
In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame. [7] He died in February 2017, aged 75. [5]
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