Roger Hynd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Roger Shankly Hynd | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1979 | Motherwell | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
John Roger Shankly Hynd (born 2 February 1942) is a Scottish former 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 Football League. He played nearly 300 League games for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City – with whom he played more than 200 games and won promotion to the First Division in 1972 – Oxford United and Walsall. He had a brief spell as manager of Motherwell before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. He is the nephew of Bill Shankly.
In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.[1]
Honours
- with Rangers
- European Cup Winners' Cup runners up 1966–67
- with Birmingham City
- Second Division promotion 1972
References
- General
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Roger Hynd at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.
- Specific
- ↑ "The magnificent seven". Birmingham City F.C. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.