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Scottish footballer (1930–2019)

Johnny Valentine
Personal information
Full name John Cheyne Valentine
Date of birth (1930-03-13)13 March 1930
Place of birth Rathview, Scotland
Date of death 17 February 2019(2019-02-17) (aged 88)
Place of death Forres, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Buckie Thistle
1953–1957 Queen's Park 105 (0)
1957–1958 Rangers 2 (0)
1958–1960 St Johnstone 49 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Cheyne Valentine (13 March 1930 – 17 February 2019) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Queen's Park, Rangers and St Johnstone in the Scottish League.

He is known for his ill-fated appearance at the 1957 Scottish League Cup Final, where he played centre-half for the Rangers team which lost 7–1 to Celtic. Valentine made only 10 appearances for Rangers, all in the 1957–58 season.

Valentine died in February 2019, aged 88.

References

  1. ^ "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. "QUEEN'S PARK : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. "RANGERS : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. "ST JOHNSTONE : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. "George Niven". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. "Rangers Player John Valentine Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. "Former Rangers football player who lived in Inverness dies". Inverness Courier. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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