John Gardiner (footballer, born 1911)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Flannegan Gardiner | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| International career | |||
| 1932–1937 | Scotland Amateurs | 13 | (0) |
| 1936 | Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b c No. 44 J Gardiner. "Well Known Footballers". John Sinclair Ltd.
- ^ 'GARDINER, Barry Strachan', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
- ^ "Gardiner Jackie Image 1 Queen's Park 1935". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Jackie Gardiner". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ John Gardiner – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Memories From Lord MacFarlane". queensparkers.wordpress.com. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Menary, Steve (2010). GB United? : British olympic football and the end of the amateur dream. Durington: Pitch. ISBN 978-1905411924.
- ^ a b c "About – Barry Gardiner MP". Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Jacob Gardiner-Smith is back from Russia with much love". The Non-League Football Paper. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Kay, Oliver (22 November 2008). "Ferguson celebrates 50th anniversary". The Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014 – via Highbeam.
