Jim Craig (Scottish footballer)

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Jim Craig
Personal information
Full name James Philip Craig[1]
Date of birth (1943-04-30) 30 April 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Right Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glasgow University
1965–1972 Celtic 148 (1)
1972
Hellenic FC
 16 (1)
1972–1974
Sheffield Wednesday
 6 (0)
1974–1975
Waterford
 1 (0)
Total 161 (2)
International career
1967
Scotland
 1 (0)
Managerial career
1974
Waterford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Philip Craig (born 30 April 1943)

1967 European Cup
.

Playing career

A student at Glasgow's

St Gerard's School, Craig was a Celtic supporter as a child, with the first game he attended being the Saint Mungo Cup final in 1951.[2] He was a Scotland schoolboy international,[2] while his first senior side was the University of Glasgow representative team which he played for while studying dentistry
at the institution. He joined Celtic in 1963 on amateur terms so as to allow him to complete his studies, and having done so signed as a full professional in January 1965.

Craig's abilities and style of play matched manager

forwards, in the style of the modern wing-back role, and in Craig and left back Tommy Gemmell
he found willing protagonists.

During his tenure at

Scotland national team
.

Craig left Celtic to live in South Africa in May 1972, where he played for

Hellenic FC, however after six months he returned to Britain. He joined Sheffield Wednesday, with the South Yorkshire
side paying Celtic £10,000 compensation, as they had retained his registration. He retired from football in 1973, to concentrate his efforts upon his dentistry career.

Later years

In July 1974 he succeeded

Waterford United.[4]
However, in December, after one substitute appearance, Craig informed the club that he was unable to commit to the role due to a "domestic problem".

In the 1980s Craig regularly appeared as a football pundit on the BBC Scotland programme Sportscene. In 2001, he was made Honorary President of the Belfast Shamrock Celtic Supporters Club, which subsequently changed its name to Jim Craig Celtic Supporters Club in 2011.[5][6]

Craig is now actively part of the Celtic community; he has hosted

Channel67, an online streaming service which provides video streams and audio streams of every Celtic match. He regularly updates the Jim Craig CSC blog site.[citation needed
]

Personal life

Originally from Leith, his father supported local team Hibernian and the family was later to settle in Craigton, Glasgow.[2][7]

His son James Craig is a notable rugby player who was capped for the Scotland national rugby union team four times between 1997 and 2001.[8]

Honours

Celtic[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jim Craig". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Mark Henderson (26 March 2016). "Jim Craig: Five games that changed my life". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Celtic player Jim Craig". FitbaStats. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Irish Times archive". IRISH TIMES.COM. 20 July 1974. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Irish Times Article". IRISHTIMES.COM. 11 December 1974. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Belfast Shamrock Celtic Supporters Club". 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  7. ^ Jim Craig (31 March 2018). "Jim Craig's 7am start. Go to the 1923 Scottish Cup Final? My gran said no! Remarkable footage". The Celtic Star. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ISBN 1-905326-24-6
    ), p140
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