Jock Shaw

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jock Shaw

| image =

| fullname = John Shaw

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|11|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Annathill, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|6|13|1912|11|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Glenboig, Scotland

| position = Defender

| years1 = –

| years2= 1933–1938

| years3 =1938–1953

| clubs1 = Benburb

| clubs2 = Airdrieonians

| clubs3 =Rangers

| caps2 = 174

| goals2 = 5

| caps3 = 169

| goals3 = 1

| totalcaps = 343

| totalgoals= 6

| nationalyears1= 1936–1947

| nationalteam1= Scottish Football League XI[http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/jockshaw.html (SFL player) Jock Shaw], London Hearts Supporters Club

| nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2= 1941–1946[https://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/players/johnshaw.html (Scotland player including unofficial matches) Jock Shaw], London Hearts Supporters Club

| nationalteam2= Scotland (wartime)

| nationalcaps2= 6| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3= 1946–1947

| nationalteam3= Scotland

| nationalcaps3= 6| nationalgoals3= 0

}}

John Shaw (29 November 1912 – 13 June 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, most famous for his time at Rangers, where he was captain between 1938 and 1950.

Career

Rangers signed Shaw, known as 'Tiger' for his tough, physical style of play,[https://worldfootballindex.com/2020/04/the-shaw-brothers-scottish-football-icons/ Jock And Davie Shaw: How Two Brothers Became Scottish Football Icons], World Football Index, 29 April 2020 from Airdrieonians for £2,000 in July 1938.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} He went on make over 600 appearances for the Ibrox club, winning four Scottish league championships, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups. Shaw holds the distinction of being the captain of the first Scottish club to lift "the treble" of League, League Cup and Scottish Cup. After retirement in 1953 he remained associated with the club as third-team trainer and later groundsman.

Shaw was capped six times by Scotland. His brother Davie was also a Scottish international, who played for Hibernian and Aberdeen.

Later life

Shaw lived for the majority of his life close to his Annathill birthplace, in the larger village of Glenboig; he died there on 13 June 2000.

See also

References

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