Roger Hynd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Roger Shankly Hynd | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 February 2017 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | 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. 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 – Oxford United and Walsall. He had a brief spell as manager of Motherwell and a six-game spell as interim manager of St Johnstone before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. He was the nephew of Bill Shankly.
In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame. He died in February 2017, aged 75.
Honours
Rangers
- European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1966–67
Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division runners-up: 1971–72
Individual
- Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame: inducted 2012
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Roger Hynd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 30 March 2003.
- ↑ "Roger Hynd". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- 1 2 "Roger Hynd: 1942-2017". Motherwell F.C. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Bobby Grant & Roger Hynd". St Johnstone F.C. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- 1 2 "The magnificent seven". Birmingham City F.C. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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