Ian_Young_(footballer)
Ian Young (footballer)
Scottish footballer (1943–2019)
John Muir "Ian" Young (21 May 1943 – 11 December 2019)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and St Mirren.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Muir Young[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1943-05-21)21 May 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Neilston, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 11 December 2019(2019-12-11) (aged 76)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Neilston, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half/ Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Neilston Waverley | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1968 | Celtic | 101 | (2) |
| 1968–1970 | St Mirren | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 108 | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 1965 | Scotland U23 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Young signed for Celtic from Neilston Waverly in June 1961. He played 145 games for the club in major competitions, scoring three times,[3] and won the Scottish Cup in 1965 and the Scottish Football League Championship in 1965–66.[4] Also among these appearances were 19 in European competition, including both legs of the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final against MTK Budapest in 1964, and both legs of the semi-final of the same competition against Liverpool in 1966. He lost his place soon afterwards to the more attacking Jim Craig.[2]
Young signed for St Mirren in the summer of 1968, where he played for a further two years, but his career ended at the age of 27 from a serious knee injury.[4][2]
Young was capped once at Under-23 level for Scotland, playing at Aberdeen's Pittodrie Stadium in a 0–0 draw against England in February 1965.[5][6]
- Celtic
- Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results Archived 23 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
- Ian Young dead: Former Celtic defender dies aged 76 after illness, Adam Hamdani, The Independent, 11 December 2019
- (Celtic player) Young, Ian, FitbaStats
- (Scotland U23 player) Young, Ian, FitbaStats
- "England - U-23 International Results - Details". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004.
- Young, Ian. Life with the Lions. Club Books, 2013
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