Tommy Gemmell

Tommy Gemmell

Gemmell (1971)
Personal information
Full name	Tommy Gemmell
Date of birth	(1943-10-16)16 October 1943
Place of birth	Motherwell, Scotland
Date of death	2 March 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 73)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1959–1961	Coltness United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1971	Celtic	247	(37)
1971–1973	Nottingham Forest	39	(6)
1973	Miami Toros	0	(0)
1973–1977	Dundee	94	(8)
Total		380	(51)
National team
1966–1971	Scotland	18	(1)
1965–1968	Scottish League XI	5	(0)
Teams managed
1977–1980	Dundee
1986–1987	Albion Rovers
1993–1994	Albion Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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.

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