Ronnie Simpson

Club career Simpson started his senior career with amateur club Queen's Park; he was selected by their first team in 1945, aged just 14 years and 304 days. He was 15 when he made his first Scottish Football League appearance in August 1946.

After completing his National Service, Simpson moved to Third Lanark in 1950. Simpson returned to Scotland, with Hibernian, in 1960. His performances helped to save Hibs from relegation in 1962, but he fell out of favour under the management of Jock Stein due to his attitude in training. Apart from an early save with his knees from a Sandro Mazzola header, Simpson had little to do during the match.

He suffered a dislocated shoulder in 1969, He won five full caps in total, alongside the Youth and B international caps won earlier in his career. He also represented the Scottish League once, in 1968.

Style of play Simpson was small in stature for a goalkeeper, at just 5 feet 10 inches. and enjoyed notable success as a centre-half for Rangers and Dundee United in the 1930s.

After Ronnie Simpson retired as a player, he was manager of Hamilton Academical for a year. Simpson died from a heart attack on 19 April 2004.

Awards In 2002, Simpson was named in Celtic's greatest ever team, ahead of John Thomson and Pat Bonner.

He was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2011.

Honours Newcastle United