Jimmy Johnstone

Jimmy Johnstone
Johnstone in Amsterdam (1971)
Personal information
Full name James Connolly Johnstone[1]
Date of birth (1944-09-30)30 September 1944
Place of birth Viewpark, Scotland
Date of death 13 March 2006(2006-03-13) (aged 61)
Place of death Uddingston, Scotland
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m)[2][3]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
1958–1959 Celtic
1959–1961 Viewpark Boys Guild
1961–1962 Celtic
1961–1962 → Blantyre Celtic (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1975 Celtic 306 (82)
1975 San Jose Earthquakes 9 (0)
1975–1977 Sheffield United 11 (2)
1977 Dundee 3 (0)
1977–1978 Shelbourne 9 (0)
1978–1979 Elgin City 18 (2)
Total 356 (86)
International career
1964 Scotland U23 2 (0)
1964–1974 Scotland 23 (4)
1964–1970[4] Scottish League XI 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years and was one of the Lisbon Lions, the team that won the 1967 European Cup Final. Johnstone also won nine consecutive Scottish championships. He scored 129 goals for Celtic in 515 appearances[5] and was voted the club's greatest-ever player by fans in 2002.[5][3]

Johnstone also won 23 caps for Scotland. He finished third in voting for the 1967 Ballon d'Or and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame when it was inaugurated in 2004.[6]

Rodger Baillie of The Sunday Times called Johnstone a "genius who lived by magic and mischief",[7] while Hugh McIlvanney wrote that no other player "besieged opponents with such a complex, concentrated swirl of deceptive manoeuvres or ever conveyed a more exhilarating sense of joy in working wonders with the ball."[8]

  1. ^ "Jimmy Johnstone". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference scotobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ (SFL player) James Johnstone, London Hearts Supporters Club [erroneously includes one appearance by James Johnston
  5. ^ a b Brian Glanville (14 March 2006). "Brilliant Celtic and Scotland winger who took the European Cup with the Lisbon Lions". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. ^ "2004". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Genius who lived by magic and mischief". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 March 2021.(subscription required)
  8. ^ Hugh McIlvanney (March 2006). "Wee man leaves massive legacy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 March 2021