SOCCER PLAYER

Jock Stein

1922 - 1985

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John Stein (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a club from a Northern European country to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974. Stein worked as a coalminer while playing football part-time for Blantyre Victoria and then Albion Rovers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jock Stein is the 2,290th most popular soccer player (down from 1,413th in 2019), the 3,360th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,370th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jock Stein ranks 2,290 out of 21,273. Before him are Lyuboslav Penev, Rafinha, Fulvio Collovati, José Berraondo, Vincent Candela, and Daniel Killer. After him are Douglas Costa, Aldo Donati, Tihomir Ognjanov, Renato Olmi, Rinaldo Martino, and Carlos Caszely.

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Among people born in 1922, Jock Stein ranks 265. Before him are Roberto Aballay, Jean Porter, Daniel Boulanger, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Võ Văn Kiệt, and Juan Antonio Villacañas. After him are William Gaddis, Károly Németh, Hal Clement, China Zorrilla, Leonel Brizola, and Ruby Dee. Among people deceased in 1985, Jock Stein ranks 155. Before him are Dawn Addams, Aksel Airo, Carlos Spadaro, Sanjeev Kumar, Givi Javakhishvili, and Ladislav Ženíšek. After him are Renato Olmi, Vivien Thomas, Tom Adams, Carmen Barth, Carlos Mota Pinto, and Israel Regardie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jock Stein ranks 3,361 out of 8,785. Before him are Dave Stewart (1950), William Hazlitt (1778), George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Herbert Baddeley (1872), George Bass (1771), and Maud Watson (1864). After him are Raphael Holinshed (1529), Ian Paisley (1926), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Gladys Cooper (1888), George Graham (1673), and Radclyffe Hall (1880).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jock Stein ranks 142. Before him are Billy Meredith (1874), Chris Waddle (1960), Bryan Robson (1957), Sam Allardyce (1954), Steve Perryman (1951), and Steve McManaman (1972). After him are George Eastham (1936), Ken Green (1924), Steve McMahon (1961), Geoff Bent (1932), Laurie Cunningham (1956), and James Jones (1873).

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