Jim Brogan (Scottish footballer)

For other people with the same name, see Jim Brogan.

Jim Brogan
Personal information
Full name James Andrew Brogan[1]
Date of birth (1944-06-05)5 June 1944
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 24 September 2018(2018-09-24) (aged 74)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
St Roch's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1975 Celtic 213 (6)
1975–1976 Coventry City 28 (0)
1976–1978 Ayr United 13 (0)
Total 254 (6)
International career
1969–1971 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
1971 Scotland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Andrew Brogan (5 June 1944 – 24 September 2018) was a Scottish footballer who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly successful Celtic sides of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He joined Celtic from local side St Roch's.

Brogan played in the 1970 European Cup Final and won four caps for Scotland.[2] He won Scottish League Championships in seven consecutive seasons from 1967–68 to 1973–74, four Scottish Cups in 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72 and 1973–74, and three Scottish League Cups in 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1974–75.

His older brother Frank also began his career at Celtic, though is better known as a player for Ipswich.[3] The siblings played in two matches alongside one another for Celtic.[4]

In 2017, Brogan's family confirmed that he had been suffering from dementia for several years, which they believed was connected to his football career.[5] Brogan died on 24 September 2018, aged 74.[6] His ashes are interred in Magheragallon Cemetery, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.

  1. ^ "Jim Brogan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ "James Brogan - Scotland Football Record from 21 April 1971 to 22 May 1971 clubs - Celtic". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Where are they now? Frank Brogan". Celtic F.C. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Brogan, Jim: Managers & Teammates". Fitbastats. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Family of Celtic legend Jim Brogan say he loved life in the Hoops but football gave him dementia". Evening Times. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ Wilson, Caroline (24 September 2018). "Celtic legend Jim Brogan dies after dementia battle". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018.