Ian St John

Ian St John
St John in 1966
Personal information
Full name John St John
Date of birth (1938-06-07)7 June 1938
Place of birth Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death 1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 82)
Place of death Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Motherwell Bridge Works
1955–1956 North Motherwell Athletic
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)
International career
1959–1965 Scotland 21 (9)
1959–1961 Scottish League XI 4 (6)
1960 SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
1960 Scotland U23 2 (2)
1962 SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Motherwell
1974–1977 Portsmouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. 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.

Health and death

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.

St John died on 1 March 2021 after a long illness in Arrowe Park, Merseyside at the age of 82.

International career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 195930
196031
196155
196240
196352
1964—
196511
Total219
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each St John goal.
List of international goals scored by Ian St John
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 May 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow5 Poland2–22–3Friendly match
2 26 September 1961Hampden Park, Glasgow8 Czechoslovakia1–13–21962 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 8 November 1961Hampden Park, Glasgow10 Wales1–02–01961–62 British Home Championship
4 2–0
5 29 November 1961Stade Heysel, Brussels11 Czechoslovakia1–02–41962 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 2–1
7 13 June 1963Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid19 Spain6–26–2Friendly match
8 12 October 1963Windsor Park, Belfast20 Northern Ireland1–11–21963–64 British Home Championship
9 10 April 1965Wembley Stadium, London21 England2–22–21964–65 British Home Championship

Honours

Liverpool

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Statutory registers – Births – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  2. 1 2 Ian St John (2014). The Saint – My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444785913.
  3. ↑ (SFL player) Ian St John, London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. 1 2 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]
  5. ↑ Scotland U23 player St John, Ian Archived 2019-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, FitbaStats
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "Liverpool FC legend Ian St John recovering from cancer operation". BBC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ian St John: Former Liverpool & Scotland forward dies at age 82". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. 1 2 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1956–1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. 1 2 Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (12 April 2018). "Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 "Players – Ian St John". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ 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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