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John Greig

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 11/09/1942

Statistics

Caps 44
Goals 3

Biography

John Greig MBE was born on 11 September 1942 in Edinburgh. Despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, John spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.

Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters and has been elected to Rangers' Hall of Fame.

Greig played for Scotland on 44 occasions, 15 times as captain, between 1964 and 1971. He scored the late winner in Scotland's 1–0 victory against Italy at Hampden Park on 9 November 1965.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

29/10/1975
scotland 3 - 1 denmark
22/05/1971
england 3 - 1 scotland
18/05/1971
scotland 0 - 1 northern ireland
15/05/1971
wales 0 - 0 scotland
03/02/1971
belgium 3 - 0 scotland
11/11/1970
scotland 1 - 0 denmark
25/04/1970
scotland 0 - 0 england
22/04/1970
scotland 0 - 0 wales
05/11/1969
austria 2 - 0 scotland
22/10/1969
germany (west) 3 - 2 scotland
21/09/1969
republic of ireland 1 - 1 scotland
17/05/1969
scotland 8 - 0 cyprus
10/05/1969
england 4 - 1 scotland
06/05/1969
scotland 1 - 1 northern ireland
03/05/1969
wales 3 - 5 scotland
16/04/1969
scotland 1 - 1 germany (west)
11/12/1968
cyprus 0 - 5 scotland
06/11/1968
scotland 2 - 1 austria
16/10/1968
denmark 0 - 1 scotland
30/05/1968
netherlands 0 - 0 scotland
24/02/1968
scotland 1 - 1 england
22/11/1967
scotland 3 - 2 wales
21/10/1967
northern ireland 1 - 0 scotland
15/04/1967
england 2 - 3 scotland
16/11/1966
scotland 2 - 1 northern ireland
22/10/1966
wales 1 - 1 scotland
25/06/1966
scotland 1 - 1 brazil
18/06/1966
scotland 0 - 1 portugal
11/05/1966
scotland 0 - 3 netherlands
02/04/1966
scotland 3 - 4 england
07/12/1965
italy 3 - 0 scotland
24/11/1965
scotland 4 - 1 wales
'85
09/11/1965
scotland 1 - 0 italy
'88
13/10/1965
scotland 1 - 2 poland
02/10/1965
northern ireland 3 - 2 scotland
27/05/1965
finland 1 - 2 scotland
'50
23/05/1965
poland 1 - 1 scotland
08/05/1965
scotland 0 - 0 spain
10/04/1965
england 2 - 2 scotland
25/11/1964
scotland 3 - 2 northern ireland
21/10/1964
scotland 3 - 1 finland
03/10/1964
wales 3 - 2 scotland
12/05/1964
germany (west) 2 - 2 scotland
11/04/1964
scotland 1 - 0 england

Debut Match

scotland 1 - 0 england
11/04/1964

Last Match

scotland 3 - 1 denmark
29/10/1975

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