Scottish footballer
John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish 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 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]
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