Johnny Valentine (footballer)
Scottish footballer (1930–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Cheyne Valentine (13 March 1930 – 17 February 2019) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Queen's Park, Rangers and St Johnstone in the Scottish League.[1][2][3][4]
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Full name | John Cheyne Valentine[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1930-03-13)13 March 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Rathview, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 17 February 2019(2019-02-17) (aged 88) | ||
Place of death | Forres, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Buckie Thistle | |||
1953–1957 | Queen's Park | 105 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
1958–1960 | St Johnstone | 49 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He is known for his ill-fated appearance at the 1957 Scottish League Cup Final, where he played centre-half for the Rangers team which lost 7–1 to Celtic.[5] Valentine made only 10 appearances for Rangers, all in the 1957–58 season.[6]
Valentine died in February 2019, aged 88.[7]