Tommy Gemmell

Thomas "Tommy" Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Tommy Gemmell
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Gemmell (1971)
Personal information
Full nameTommy Gemmell
Date of birth(1943-10-16)16 October 1943
Place of birthMotherwell, Scotland
Date of death2 March 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 73)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Youth career
1959–1961Coltness United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1971Celtic247(37)
1971–1973Nottingham Forest39(6)
1973Miami Toros0(0)
1973–1977Dundee94(8)
Total380(51)
National team
1966–1971Scotland18(1)
1965–1968Scottish League XI5(0)
Teams managed
1977–1980Dundee
1986–1987Albion Rovers
1993–1994Albion Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He served as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability.

Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who won the 1966–67 European Cup; he scored the first Celtic goal in the final. Gemmell played 18 times for Scotland, and also played for Nottingham Forest, Miami Toros and Dundee. After retiring as a player in 1977, Gemmell managed Dundee and Albion Rovers.

Gemmell died on 2 March 2017, aged 73, after a long illness.[1][2]

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