
John Greig MBE was born on 11 September 1942 in Edinburgh. Despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, John spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director. Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters and has been elected to Rangers' Hall of Fame. Greig played for Scotland on 44 occasions, 15 times as captain, between 1964 and 1971. He scored the late winner in Scotland's 1–0 victory against Italy at Hampden Park on 9 November 1965.