Jonnyboy
05-12-2022, 04:58 PM
Willie Hamilton
Willie Hamilton played just 75 times for Hibs but managed to score 26 goals in the process. A player of immense talent he is still spoken of to this day and Hibs fans who were fortunate enough to see him perform will tell you he was a footballing genius, a claim backed up by the late Jock Stein who is on record as having described Hamilton as the best player he’d ever seen. His first senior Club was Sheffield United where he signed in 1956. Five years later he moved on to Middlesbrough but failed to settle and in June 1962 he joined Hearts where he was outstanding in a side which won the Scottish League Cup. A complicated soul Willie lost his way a little but was rescued to the game when Jock Stein signed him for Hibs in October 1963.
Tragically Willie Hamilton won just a solitary Scottish cap
Joe Harper
In the early 1960’s a wee 15 year old laddie was banging the goals in for Larkfield Boys Club and was promptly snapped up by Greenock Morton. Four years and many goals later he was transferred to Huddersfield Town for a reported fee of £45,000 but he was unhappy there and soon returned to Morton. His second stint at Cappielow was not lengthy and as the 1960’s neared their end Harper moved north to sign for Eddie Turnbull’s Aberdeen. Soon he achieved legend status with Dons fans and drew the attention of big English clubs with his goalscoring exploits. In 1972 he joined Everton for £180,000 and was top scorer in his first season. Just 18 months later however he was to link up with Turnbull again only this time at Easter Road where he stayed until his return to Aberdeen in 1976
Joe Harper won four Scottish caps
Jim Herriot
A man of many clubs Jim Herriot started his professional career with Dunfermline in October 1958 and played well over 100 games for the Pars before he left in May 1965 to join Birmingham City for a reported fee of £18,000. Herriot was plying his trade with Durban City in South Africa when Eddie Turnbull enticed him back to Scotland where he joined the Hibs team dubbed Turnbull’s Tornadoes in the early 1970’s. A couple of quirky facts about the keeper are that he always blacked under his eyes, claiming it would reduce glare from the sun or floodlights and the author Alf Wright decided to use the name James Herriot for his famous “All Creatures Great And Small” book and TV series after watching the goalie in a televised match!
Jim Herriot won eight Scottish caps
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson was born in Edinburgh in July 1966 and started his professional career with Meadowbank Thistle in August 1985. From Thistle he moved to Newcastle in October 1986 for a reported fee of £60,000 and had just over two years with the Geordies before signing for Dundee United in December 1988. After a three and a half year stint at Tannadice he joined Hibs in July 1992 and played over 200 games in his 5 years at Easter Road. In July 1997 he was transferred to Celtic and from there on to Hearts and St. Johnstone. Jackson is now a football agent.
Darren Jackson won 28 Scottish caps
Bobby Johnstone
Bobby Johnstone was born in Selkirk in September 1929 and made his debut for Hibs in April 1949 which coincidentally was the first occasion on which the Famous Five played together. ‘Nicker’ as he was known to team mates and fans alike was an integral part of a League Title winning team but left Hibs in 1955 when Manchester City paid £22,000 for his services. Whilst at Maine Road Johnstone scored in both a winning and losing FA Cup team. Following a brief return as a player to Easter Road he joined Oldham Athletic in October 1960, was an instant success and played over 150 games, scoring 40 goals for the club before he retired from playing in the summer of 1965. Whilst with Hibs Johnstone scored over 100 goals including four in one game against Airdrie in August 1947
Bobby Johnstone won seventeen Scottish caps
Jim Leighton
Born in the Renfrewshire town of Johnstone in July 1958 Jim Leighton began his career with Aberdeen making 300 appearances in a ten year spell before being sold to Manchester United in 1988 for a reported fee of £450,000. Leighton had four years at Old Trafford before suffering a loss of confidence which saw him released and snapped up by Dundee. Things did not go well at Dens Park and he was languishing in the reserves when Alex Miller persuaded him to come to Easter Road and his career was kick started as he became a great favourite with the Hibs fans. His Scotland career, which had floundered, was resurrected during his three years with Hibs but he left in 1996 to re-join Aberdeen where he remains the goalkeeping coach.
Jim Leighton won ninety one Scottish caps
Lawrie Leslie
Lawrie Leslie was born in Edinburgh in 1935 and came into a young Hibs team in 1958. Leslie was voted man of the match in one particular Derby game at Tynecastle which Hibs won 4-3 and he earned that award with a spectacular display, beating Joe Baker who notched all the Hibs goals! Transferred to Airdrie he was not long between the sticks at Broomfield before West Ham snapped him up in 1961 and he was voted Player of the Year for the Hammers in his first season. From London he moved to Stoke City, then back to London with Millwall and he was a popular player at both clubs.
Lawrie Leslie won five Scottish caps
Willie Hamilton played just 75 times for Hibs but managed to score 26 goals in the process. A player of immense talent he is still spoken of to this day and Hibs fans who were fortunate enough to see him perform will tell you he was a footballing genius, a claim backed up by the late Jock Stein who is on record as having described Hamilton as the best player he’d ever seen. His first senior Club was Sheffield United where he signed in 1956. Five years later he moved on to Middlesbrough but failed to settle and in June 1962 he joined Hearts where he was outstanding in a side which won the Scottish League Cup. A complicated soul Willie lost his way a little but was rescued to the game when Jock Stein signed him for Hibs in October 1963.
Tragically Willie Hamilton won just a solitary Scottish cap
Joe Harper
In the early 1960’s a wee 15 year old laddie was banging the goals in for Larkfield Boys Club and was promptly snapped up by Greenock Morton. Four years and many goals later he was transferred to Huddersfield Town for a reported fee of £45,000 but he was unhappy there and soon returned to Morton. His second stint at Cappielow was not lengthy and as the 1960’s neared their end Harper moved north to sign for Eddie Turnbull’s Aberdeen. Soon he achieved legend status with Dons fans and drew the attention of big English clubs with his goalscoring exploits. In 1972 he joined Everton for £180,000 and was top scorer in his first season. Just 18 months later however he was to link up with Turnbull again only this time at Easter Road where he stayed until his return to Aberdeen in 1976
Joe Harper won four Scottish caps
Jim Herriot
A man of many clubs Jim Herriot started his professional career with Dunfermline in October 1958 and played well over 100 games for the Pars before he left in May 1965 to join Birmingham City for a reported fee of £18,000. Herriot was plying his trade with Durban City in South Africa when Eddie Turnbull enticed him back to Scotland where he joined the Hibs team dubbed Turnbull’s Tornadoes in the early 1970’s. A couple of quirky facts about the keeper are that he always blacked under his eyes, claiming it would reduce glare from the sun or floodlights and the author Alf Wright decided to use the name James Herriot for his famous “All Creatures Great And Small” book and TV series after watching the goalie in a televised match!
Jim Herriot won eight Scottish caps
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson was born in Edinburgh in July 1966 and started his professional career with Meadowbank Thistle in August 1985. From Thistle he moved to Newcastle in October 1986 for a reported fee of £60,000 and had just over two years with the Geordies before signing for Dundee United in December 1988. After a three and a half year stint at Tannadice he joined Hibs in July 1992 and played over 200 games in his 5 years at Easter Road. In July 1997 he was transferred to Celtic and from there on to Hearts and St. Johnstone. Jackson is now a football agent.
Darren Jackson won 28 Scottish caps
Bobby Johnstone
Bobby Johnstone was born in Selkirk in September 1929 and made his debut for Hibs in April 1949 which coincidentally was the first occasion on which the Famous Five played together. ‘Nicker’ as he was known to team mates and fans alike was an integral part of a League Title winning team but left Hibs in 1955 when Manchester City paid £22,000 for his services. Whilst at Maine Road Johnstone scored in both a winning and losing FA Cup team. Following a brief return as a player to Easter Road he joined Oldham Athletic in October 1960, was an instant success and played over 150 games, scoring 40 goals for the club before he retired from playing in the summer of 1965. Whilst with Hibs Johnstone scored over 100 goals including four in one game against Airdrie in August 1947
Bobby Johnstone won seventeen Scottish caps
Jim Leighton
Born in the Renfrewshire town of Johnstone in July 1958 Jim Leighton began his career with Aberdeen making 300 appearances in a ten year spell before being sold to Manchester United in 1988 for a reported fee of £450,000. Leighton had four years at Old Trafford before suffering a loss of confidence which saw him released and snapped up by Dundee. Things did not go well at Dens Park and he was languishing in the reserves when Alex Miller persuaded him to come to Easter Road and his career was kick started as he became a great favourite with the Hibs fans. His Scotland career, which had floundered, was resurrected during his three years with Hibs but he left in 1996 to re-join Aberdeen where he remains the goalkeeping coach.
Jim Leighton won ninety one Scottish caps
Lawrie Leslie
Lawrie Leslie was born in Edinburgh in 1935 and came into a young Hibs team in 1958. Leslie was voted man of the match in one particular Derby game at Tynecastle which Hibs won 4-3 and he earned that award with a spectacular display, beating Joe Baker who notched all the Hibs goals! Transferred to Airdrie he was not long between the sticks at Broomfield before West Ham snapped him up in 1961 and he was voted Player of the Year for the Hammers in his first season. From London he moved to Stoke City, then back to London with Millwall and he was a popular player at both clubs.
Lawrie Leslie won five Scottish caps