On this day: October 5

1992

Jock Stein, Scottish football manager was born.

Stein became the first manager of a British team to win the European Cup with Celtic in 1967.

He also managed the national squad from 1978-85, and it was after Scotland’s 1-1 draw with Wales in a World Cup qualifier that he collapsed and died from a heart attack.

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