Roger Hynd

John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half.

Roger Hynd
Personal information
Full name John Roger Shankly Hynd[1]
Date of birth (1942-02-02)2 February 1942
Place of birth Falkirk,[1] Scotland
Date of death 18 February 2017(2017-02-18) (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)
Teams managed
1977–1978 Motherwell
1980 St Johnstone (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Birmingham City

Individual

  • Birmingham City F.C. Hall of Fame: inducted 2012[7]

References
  1. "Roger Hynd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 30 March 2003.
  4. "Roger Hynd". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. "Roger Hynd: 1942-2017". Motherwell F.C. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. "Obituaries: Bobby Grant & Roger Hynd". St Johnstone F.C. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. "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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