Ian St John

Ian St John

St John in 1966
Personal information
Full name	John St John[1]
Date of birth	(1938-06-07)7 June 1938
Place of birth	Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death	1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 82)
Place of death	Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Motherwell Bridge Works[2]
1955–1956	North Motherwell Athletic[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1961	Motherwell	113	(80)
1956–1957	→ Douglas Water Thistle (loan)
1961–1971	Liverpool	336	(95)
1971	Hellenic	23	(4)
1971–1972	Coventry City	18	(3)
1972	Cape Town City
1972–1973	Tranmere Rovers	9	(1)
Total		489	(183)
International career
1959–1965	Scotland	21	(9)
1959–1961[3]	Scottish League XI	4	(6)
1960[4]	SFL trial v SFA	1	(0)
1960[5]	Scotland U23	2	(2)
1962[4]	SFA trial v SFL	1	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1974	Motherwell
1974–1977	Portsmouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John "Ian" St John (/sɪntˈdʒɒn/;^[6] 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of the Liverpool team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cup—in which he scored the winner in the 1965 final—to cement a position as one of the country's top sides. He played for Scotland 21 times, scoring nine goals.

He later became a manager – including at his hometown team Motherwell where he had begun his playing career – and a media pundit. He co-presented the topical football show Saint and Greavsie with Jimmy Greaves from 1985 to 1992. In 2008, he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.