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John Flannegan Gardiner[2] (23 December 1911 – 10 October 1965), sometimes known as Jackie Gardiner,[3][4] was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

John Gardiner

Personal information
Full name	John Flannegan Gardiner
Date of birth	(1911-12-23)23 December 1911
Place of birth	Bridgeton, Scotland
Date of death	10 October 1965 (aged 53)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1937	Queen's Park	170	(0)
National team
1932–1937	Scotland Amateurs	13	(0)
1936	Great Britain	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Gardiner played amateur football for Queen's Park,[7] joining in 1930 from John Street School in Bridgeton.[8] He embarked on a tour of Norway with the club in 1933.[1] During his time with Queen's Park, he represented the Scottish amateur national team in games against England, Wales and Ireland.[1]

He retired from playing due to a cruciate ligament injury.[9]

During the 1936 Olympic Games, he represented Great Britain twice, his debut came in a 2–0 victory over China and his final game against Poland in a 5–4 loss. During the game against Poland he was booed by the crowd for body charging several players and knocking over Polish left winger Hubert Gad at a time when Great Britain were losing 5–1.[10]

In the 1950s and 1960s, he was general manager of the Kelvin Hall exhibition centre in Glasgow.[11][12] He died in 1965 from lung cancer.[11] His son is Barry Gardiner, a politician,[11] while grandson Jacob Gardiner-Smith is also a footballer.[13]

Gardiner returned to Queen's Park after his playing career and taught a young Alex Ferguson, Ferguson had complained that an opponent had bitten him during the game and Gardiner told Ferguson to "bite him back".[14] Gardiner became president of the club in the 1960s.

References

На других языках

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- [en] John Gardiner (footballer, born 1911)

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[it] John Gardiner (calciatore)

John Gardiner, altresì citato come John Gardner (Bridgeton, 23 dicembre 1911 – Glasgow, 10 ottobre 1965), è stato un calciatore scozzese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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