Ian Young (footballer)

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

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

Career

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
Celtic

References
  1. Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results Archived 23 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
  2. 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. 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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