Alan Gilzean

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Alan Gilzean
Personal information
Full name Alan John Gilzean[1]
Date of birth (1938-10-22)22 October 1938
Place of birth Perth, Scotland[2]
Date of death 8 July 2018(2018-07-08) (aged 79)
Place of death Enfield, London, England
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1964 Dundee 190 (169)
1964–1974 Tottenham Hotspur 343 (93)
1974–1975 Highlands Park
Total 533+ (262+)
International career
1960–1964
Scottish League XI[3]
 3 (1)
1961–1962 Scotland under-23 3 (0)
1962[4] SFA trial v SFL 1 (2)
1963–1971 Scotland 22 (12)
Managerial career
1975–1976 Stevenage Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan John Gilzean (

League Cups (1971 and 1973) and the 1971–72 UEFA Cup

Playing career

Dundee

Gilzean began his career with local side

Scottish league championship in 1961–62 and reached the semi-finals of the 1962–63 European Cup.[7]
In 2009 Gilzean was one of the first inductees in the Dens Park club's Hall of fame.

Tottenham Hotspur

Gilzean joined Tottenham Hotspur in December 1964, moving for a transfer fee of £72,500.[6] He made his first appearance for Tottenham a week later, in a home fixture against Everton.[6]

Gilzean enjoyed a glittering career as a Tottenham player, while he also changed his style of play from being the main goalscorer to being an intelligent and creative forward. He formed an effective goal-scoring partnership alongside crowd favourite

1967 FA Cup Final winning team.[6] Gilzean continued to be a regular first-team player after the arrival of Martin Chivers in early 1968 from Southampton.[11]

After strike-partner Greaves moved to

1972 UEFA Cup Final against Wolverhampton Wanderers, and a second League Cup victory in 1973.[6] He earned the moniker "The King of White Hart Lane" while at Spurs.[13]

The

Feyenoord Rotterdam. Tottenham awarded Gilzean with a testimonial match, played against Red Star Belgrade in November 1974, to recognise his ten years of service as a Tottenham player.[6]

Highlands Park

Following his retirement from Tottenham, Gilzean played in South Africa for three months with Highlands Park.[6]

International career

Gilzean made his debut for

John White, who had died in tragic circumstances earlier that year.[16]

Gilzean represented Scotland seventeen times during his Spurs career.[14] In total he scored 12 goals in 22 full international appearances for Scotland, between November 1963 and April 1971.[17][14]

Management career

Gilzean returned to England after his spell in South Africa, to become manager of Stevenage Athletic who he managed for one season from 1975 to 1976.[18]

Personal life

Gilzean stated, whilst playing, that he disliked football and had no intention of furthering his career after playing.[19] He later worked for a transport company in Enfield, only a short distance from White Hart Lane.[12]

When journalist Hunter Davies surveyed the Tottenham Hotspur squad in 1972, Gilzean said that he was supportive of the Conservative Party.[20] His son Ian also became a professional football player.[21] Gilzean died on 8 July 2018, having been diagnosed as suffering from a brain tumour a few weeks earlier.[6][7][12]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gilzean goal.[17]
List of international goals scored by Alan Gilzean
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 April 1964 Hampden Park, Glasgow  England 1–0 1–0 1963–64 British Home Championship
2 12 May 1964
Hannover
  West Germany 1–2 2–2
Friendly
3 2–2
4 25 November 1964 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Northern Ireland 2–1 3–2 1964–65 British Home Championship
5 2 October 1965 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 1–0 2–3 1965–66 British Home Championship
6 2–2
7 22 November 1967 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Wales 1–0 3–2 1967–68 British Home Championship / UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
8 2–2
9 17 December 1968 Lefkosia, Nicosia  Cyprus 1–0 5–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 3–0
11 3 May 1969
The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
  Wales 3–2 5–3 1968–69 British Home Championship
12 22 October 1969 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg  West Germany 2–2 2–3 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Dundee[7]

Tottenham Hotspur[6]

Individual

Further reading

  • Morgan, James (September 2010). In Search of Alan Gilzean. BackPage Press.
    ISBN 978-0-9564971-0-9
    .
  • Ross, Kenny Dundee Champions of Scotland 1961/62
    ISBN 978-1-874287-86-5
  • Donovan, Mike The King of Dens Park: The Authorised Biography of Alan Gilzean. 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Alan Gilzean". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ a b "Alan Gilzean". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  4. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link
    ]
  5. ISBN 9780956497116
    – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Obituary – Alan Gilzean". Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Alan Gilzean: Former Tottenham & Dundee striker dies aged 79". BBC Sport. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. ^ Greaves & Scott 2004, p. 323
  9. ISBN 978-1-78531-326-4
    .
  10. ^ Holmes, Logan (12 February 2014). "Tottenham On This Day: Alan Gilzean Hat-trick in FA Cup Win Over Burnley". Fansided.
  11. ^ "The life of Mr Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  12. ^ a b c Welsh, Julie (9 July 2018). "Alan Gilzean obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  13. ^ Young, Alex (8 July 2018). "Tottenham legend Alan Gilzean, known as 'The King of White Hart Lane', passes away aged 79". Evening Standard.
  14. ^ a b c "Alan John Gilzean". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Scotland U23 player Alan Gilzean". FitbaStats. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Alan Gilzean takes a walk down memory Lane". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  17. ^ a b Alan Gilzean at the Scottish Football Association
  18. ^ Google books-In Search of Alan Gilzean Retrieved 5 April 2013
  19. ^ Davies, Hunter (2 December 2010). "Prosies of fragile flowers". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  20. ^ Herbert, Ian (18 April 2015). "Sport and politics: how Twitter has changed the rules". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Alan Gilzean". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  22. ^ "1967/68 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Eight more Scots greats enter Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.
  24. ^ "Alan Gilzean 1938-2018". Dundee FC. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
Bibliography
  • Greaves, Jimmy; Scott, Les (2004), Greavsie: The Autobiography,
    ISBN 0-7515-3445-5

External links
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