Bobby Lennox
Bobby Lennox | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Robert Lennox | |
birthday | August 30, 1943 | |
place of birth | Saltcoats , Scotland | |
position | Left winger | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
until 1961 | Ardeer Recreation FC | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1961-1978 | Celtic Glasgow | 293 (157) |
1978 | Houston Hurricane | 30 | (3)
1978-1981 | Celtic Glasgow | 42 | (10)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1966-1970 | Scotland | 10 | (3)
1 Only league games are given. |
Bobby Lennox MBE (born August 30, 1943 in Saltcoats , Ayrshire ) is a retired Scottish football player .
In September 1961 Lennox signed his first contract with Celtic Glasgow and played in the first team the following March. In 571 games for Celtic he was able to score 273 league goals, making him the seventh most successful goalscorer in the club's history.
He was Scottish champion eleven times , won the Scottish Cup eight times and the Scottish League Cup four times , in which he scored a total of 63 goals. He also won the European Champions Cup once and with that victory became famous as one of the Lisbon Lions .
He played ten times for the Scottish national football team , but had to fight there with strong competition in his regular position.
Lennox was a very fast wing player the fans Buzz Bomb ( "long-range missile") or Lemon ( "Lemon") cried because he allegedly as defenders Suckers (literally "sucker" more appropriate "suckers") made her look.
In the late 1970s he left Celtic and emigrated to the United States to play for the Houston Hurricane . In 1978 he scored 15 goals in 36 games and returned to Celtic in 1979. With him in 1980 Celtic won the league championship and the Scottish Cup .
He is one of the few Scots who were twice in the final of a European Cup competition, and also one of the few who in an international match between Scotland and England at Wembley Stadium as the winner walked away team achieve even a goal in this game could . Lennox achieved this in a 3-2 win in 1967 and contributed a goal himself.
He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2005. In 1981 he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire .
In 1982 Lennox published his autobiography "A Million Miles For Celtic". He is still closely associated with Celtic Glasgow today.
successes
society
- Scottish Champion : 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 (12 times)
- Scottish Cup Winner : 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1972 , 1974 , 1975 , 1977 , 1980 , (10 times)
- Scottish League Cup : 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1975 (6 times)
- European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1967
- Drybrough Cup : 1974 (1 time)
Personal
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lennox, Bobby |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saltcoats , Ayrshire |