Jock Stein

Stein had a heart attack and died in 1985.

He was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.

Jock Stein was born in South Lanarkshire. He attended school till 1937 before dropping out to work in a carpet factory.

He found work in a coal mine while still young. Around this time he also began playing football and joined Blantyre Victoria junior football club, gradually becoming a semi-professional player by 1942.

He kept his job as a coal miner during the World War II to escape enlisting. He devoted his leisure time to his favourite sport, football.

He became a full-time professional football player in 1950 and signed a contract for � 12 per week with the football club Llanelli. The team applied to join the Football League but was rejected. Upset, Stein decided to become a miner again but fate had other plans.

Celtic bought him for �1,200 in December 1951. Initially he was signed as a reserve but was soon made a member of the main team. He played so well that he was promoted to the vice-captain within a year. The captaincy was passed on to him when the regular captain broke his arm.

Celtic was invited to play in the pan-British Coronation Cup tournament in 1952-53. The team beat Arsenal, Manchester United, and Hibernian to win the trophy.

The following year, Stein was made the captain of the side and he led them to win a League and Scottish Cup Double. The club rewarded the players by paying for their trip to attend the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

He was internationally recognized in 1954 when he was selected for the Scottish Football League XI. The team finished second in 1954-55 and lost the final in the Scottish Cup to Clyde.

He is best remembered for his role as the manager of the football franchise, Celtic, which he led to a European Cup victory in 1967, thus becoming the first manager of a British side to win the prestigious cup.