John Gardiner (footballer, born 1911)
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] | ||
Playing position | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1937 | Queen's Park | 170 | (0) |
National team | |||
Scotland Amateurs | 3 | (0) | |
1936 | Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Flannegan Gardiner[2] (23 December 1911 – 10 October 1965) was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
Gardiner played amateur football for Queen's Park,[5] joining from John Street School in Bridgeton. 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.[6]
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.[7]
In the 1950s and 1960s he was general manager of the Kelvin Hall exhibition centre in Glasgow.[8][9] He died in 1965 due to lung cancer.[8] His son is Barry Gardiner, a politician.[8]
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".[10] Gardiner became president of the club in the 1960s.
References
- 1 2 3 No. 44 J Gardiner. "Well Known Footballers". John Sinclair Ltd.
- ↑ 'GARDINER, Barry Strachan', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
- ↑ John Gardiner – FIFA competition record (archive)
- ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ "Memories From Lord MacFarlane". queensparkers.wordpress.com. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ Menary, Steve (2010). GB United? : British olympic football and the end of the amateur dream. Durington: Pitch. ISBN 978-1905411924.
- 1 2 3 "About – Barry Gardiner MP".
- ↑ The Herald, 30 September 1958
- ↑ Kay, Oliver (22 November 2008). "Ferguson celebrates 50th anniversary". The Times – via Highbeam (subscription required) . Retrieved 8 June 2014.