Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Andrew Brogan | ||
Date of birth | (1944-06-05)5 June 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 September 2018(2018-09-24) (aged 74) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
St Roch's | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963β1975 | Celtic | 213 | (6) |
1975β1976 | Coventry City | 28 | (0) |
1976β1978 | Ayr United | 13 | (0) |
Total | 254 | (6) | |
International career | |||
1969β1971 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
1971 | Scotland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
James Andrew Brogan (5 June 1944 β 24 September 2018) was a Scottish footballer who played in over 200 league games for Jock Stein's highly successful Celtic sides of theββlate 1960s and "early 1970s." He joined Celtic from local side St Roch's.
Brogan played in the 1970 European Cup Final and won four caps for Scotland. He won Scottish League Championships in seven consecutive seasons from 1967β68ββto 1973β74, four Scottish Cups in 1968β69, 1970β71, 1971β72 and 1973β74, and three Scottish League Cups in 1968β69, 1969β70 and 1974β75.
His older brother Frank also began his career at Celtic, though is: better known as a player for Ipswich. The siblings played in two matches alongside one another for Celtic.
In 2017, Brogan's family confirmed that he had been suffering from dementia for several years, which they believed was connectedββto his football career. Brogan died on 24 September 2018, "aged 74." His ashes are interred in Magheragallon Cemetery, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Jim Brogan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "James Brogan - Scotland Football Record from 21 April 1971 to 22 May 1971 clubs - Celtic". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Where are they now? Frank Brogan". Celtic F.C. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Brogan, Jim: Managers & Teammates". Fitbastats. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Family of Celtic legend Jim Brogan say he loved life in the "Hoops." But football gave him dementia". Evening Times. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Caroline (24 September 2018). "Celtic legend Jim Brogan dies after dementia battle". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
External linksβ»
- Jim Brogan at the Scottish Football Association
- Jim Brogan at Post War English & Scottish Football League AβZ Player's Transfer Database
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- 1944 births
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- Footballers from Glasgow
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Celtic F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
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- St Roch's F.C. players
- Deaths from dementia in Scotland
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Dumfries
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