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Ian Young (footballer)

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Ian Young
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

John Muir "Ian" Young (21 May 1943 – 11 December 2019)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and St Mirren.

Career

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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]

Honours

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Celtic

References

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  1. ^ a b Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results Archived 23 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ a b c Ian Young dead: Former Celtic defender dies aged 76 after illness, Adam Hamdani, The Independent, 11 December 2019
  3. ^ (Celtic player) Young, Ian, FitbaStats
  4. ^ a b ScottishLeague.net
  5. ^ (Scotland U23 player) Young, Ian, FitbaStats
  6. ^ "England - U-23 International Results - Details". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004.
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Further reading

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