Jock Shaw
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography John Shaw (29 November 1912 – 13 June 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, most famous for his time at Rangers, where he was captain between 1938 and 1950.
Career
Rangers signed Shaw, known as 'Tiger' for his tough, physical style of play,[1] from Airdrieonians for £2,000 in July 1938.[2] He went on make over 600 appearances for the Ibrox club, winning four Scottish league championships, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups. Shaw holds the distinction of being the captain of the first Scottish club to lift "the treble" of League, League Cup and Scottish Cup. After retirement in 1953 he remained associated with the club as third-team trainer and later groundsman.
Shaw was capped six times by Scotland. His brother Davie was also a Scottish international, who played for Hibernian and Aberdeen.[1]
Later life
Shaw lived for the majority of his life close to his Annathill birthplace, in the larger village of Glenboig; he died there on 13 June 2000.
See also
- List of Scotland national football team captains
- List of Scotland wartime international footballers
- List of Scottish football families
References
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- ↑ a b Jock And Davie Shaw: How Two Brothers Became Scottish Football Icons, World Football Index, 29 April 2020
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External links
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- 1912 births
- 2000 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Benburb F.C. players
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Scotland men's wartime international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Footballers from North Lanarkshire
- Scottish Football League representative players