Photo: Eric Koch for Anefo / CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
St John earns my respect as one of the foundations Liverpool was built on. The Motherwell-born Scot was signed by Bill Shankly in 1961 and helped drag a second-tier club back to glory, capped by his winning goal in the 1965 FA Cup final, a moment etched permanently into the club's history. What strikes me is how he stayed woven into the game afterward, first as a coach and then as a much-loved broadcaster. He passed in 2021, but few figures remain so beloved both on the pitch and on screen. I find it worth remembering that men like him sit at the very root of a great club's tradition.
Overview
John "Ian" St John (; 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of the Liverpool team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cup—in which he scored the winner in the 1965 final—to cement…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ian St John
- Name (Japanese)
- イアン・セント・ジョン
- Reading
- いあん・せんと・じょん
- Born
- June 7, 1938 – March 1, 2021
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Motherwell, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.