SOCCER PLAYER

Jimmy Johnstone

1944 - 2006

Photo of Jimmy Johnstone

Icon of person Jimmy Johnstone

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 and was voted the club's greatest-ever player by fans in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Johnstone is the 2,787th most popular soccer player (down from 2,115th in 2019), the 3,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,994th in 2019) and the 171st most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jimmy Johnstone by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jimmy Johnstone ranks 2,787 out of 21,273. Before him are Mokhtar Dahari, Akgün Kaçmaz, Rudolf Wetzer, Bruno Mora, Peter Bonetti, and Amedeo Carboni. After him are Simon Tahamata, Luigi Radice, Christian Gourcuff, Steve Bloomer, Rafael Leão, and Vladislao Cap.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jimmy Johnstone ranks 474. Before him are Miguel Ríos, Edith McGuire, Houmane Jarir, Nancy Chodorow, Said Musa, and Helmut Dietl. After him are Pepe Romero, Rudi Assauer, Valdeir Vieira, Jaan Talts, Sergio Markarián, and Boz Scaggs. Among people deceased in 2006, Jimmy Johnstone ranks 247. Before him are Runer Jonsson, Ray Barretto, Paul Arizin, Wolfgang Unzicker, Jaroslav Pelikan, and Frank Beyer. After him are Eugene Lazowski, Mary Boyce, Savino Guglielmetti, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Annette Rogers, and Hilde Domin.

Others Born in 1944

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2006

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Johnstone ranks 3,687 out of 8,785. Before him are Lachlan Macquarie (1762), John Houlding (1833), Vincent Nichols (1945), Una Stubbs (1937), Peter Bonetti (1941), and Steve Davis (1957). After him are Harry Melling (1989), Steve Bloomer (1874), Henry Macintosh (1892), Jason Bonham (1966), Joseph Morgan (1981), and Lambert Simnel (1477).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Johnstone ranks 171. Before him are Ramón Zabalo (1910), Ron Atkinson (1939), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Phil Brown (1959), Billy Bremner (1942), and Peter Bonetti (1941). After him are Steve Bloomer (1874), Vic Buckingham (1915), Joe Gomez (1997), Billy McNeill (1940), Don Revie (1927), and Peter McParland (1934).

British born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous