Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Flannegan Gardiner | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Bridgeton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 October 1965 (aged 53) | ||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1930–1937 | Queen's Park | 170 | (0) |
International career | |||
1932–1937 | Scotland Amateurs | 13 | (0) |
1936 | Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Flannegan Gardiner [2] (23 December 1911 – 10 October 1965), sometimes known as Jackie Gardiner, [3] [4] was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
Gardiner played amateur football for Queen's Park, [7] joining in 1930 from John Street School in Bridgeton. [8] He embarked on a tour of Norway with the club in 1933. [1] During his time with Queen's Park, he represented the Scottish amateur national team in games against England, Wales and Ireland. [1]
He retired from playing due to a cruciate ligament injury. [9]
During the 1936 Olympic Games, he represented Great Britain twice, his debut came in a 2–0 victory over China and his final game against Poland in a 5–4 loss. During the game against Poland he was booed by the crowd for body charging several players and knocking over Polish left winger Hubert Gad at a time when Great Britain were losing 5–1. [10]
In the 1950s and 1960s, he was general manager of the Kelvin Hall exhibition centre in Glasgow. [11] [12] He died in 1965 from lung cancer. [11] His son is Barry Gardiner, a politician, [11] while grandson Jacob Gardiner-Smith is also a footballer. [13]
Gardiner returned to Queen's Park after his playing career and taught a young Alex Ferguson, Ferguson had complained that an opponent had bitten him during the game and Gardiner told Ferguson to "bite him back". [14] Gardiner became president of the club in the 1960s.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | John Flannegan Gardiner | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Bridgeton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 October 1965 (aged 53) | ||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1930–1937 | Queen's Park | 170 | (0) |
International career | |||
1932–1937 | Scotland Amateurs | 13 | (0) |
1936 | Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Flannegan Gardiner [2] (23 December 1911 – 10 October 1965), sometimes known as Jackie Gardiner, [3] [4] was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
Gardiner played amateur football for Queen's Park, [7] joining in 1930 from John Street School in Bridgeton. [8] He embarked on a tour of Norway with the club in 1933. [1] During his time with Queen's Park, he represented the Scottish amateur national team in games against England, Wales and Ireland. [1]
He retired from playing due to a cruciate ligament injury. [9]
During the 1936 Olympic Games, he represented Great Britain twice, his debut came in a 2–0 victory over China and his final game against Poland in a 5–4 loss. During the game against Poland he was booed by the crowd for body charging several players and knocking over Polish left winger Hubert Gad at a time when Great Britain were losing 5–1. [10]
In the 1950s and 1960s, he was general manager of the Kelvin Hall exhibition centre in Glasgow. [11] [12] He died in 1965 from lung cancer. [11] His son is Barry Gardiner, a politician, [11] while grandson Jacob Gardiner-Smith is also a footballer. [13]
Gardiner returned to Queen's Park after his playing career and taught a young Alex Ferguson, Ferguson had complained that an opponent had bitten him during the game and Gardiner told Ferguson to "bite him back". [14] Gardiner became president of the club in the 1960s.