Roger Hynd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Roger Shankly Hynd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Falkirk,[1] Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 February 2017 (aged 75)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow,[1] Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1969 | Rangers | 31 | (4) |
| 1969–1970 | Crystal Palace | 30 | (0) |
| 1970–1975 | Birmingham City | 170 | (4) |
| 1975 | → Oxford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1975–1978 | Walsall | 89 | (1) |
| Total | 325 | (9) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Motherwell | ||
| 1980 | St Johnstone (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.
He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the English Football League.[2] He played nearly 300 League matches for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City – with whom he played more than 200 games and was named Player of the Year as they won promotion to the First Division in 1972[2][3] – Oxford United and Walsall.[4] He had a brief spell as manager of Motherwell[5] and a six-game spell as interim manager of St Johnstone[6] before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher.[2] He was the nephew of Bill Shankly.[2]
In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.[7] He died in February 2017, aged 75.[5]
Honours
Rangers
- European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1966–67
Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division runners-up: 1971–72
Individual
- Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame: inducted 2012[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Roger Hynd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 30 March 2003.
- ^ "Roger Hynd". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Roger Hynd: 1942-2017". Motherwell F.C. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries: Bobby Grant & Roger Hynd". St Johnstone F.C. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ a b "The magnificent seven". Birmingham City F.C. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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- 1942 births
- 2017 deaths
- Footballers from Falkirk
- Scottish footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Rangers F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Motherwell F.C. managers
- St Johnstone F.C. managers
- Scottish Football League managers
- Scottish football defender, 1940s birth stubs