Bobby Lennox

Bobby Lennox

Bobby Lennox in 1971
Personal information
Fou name	Robert Lennox
Date o birth	(1943-08-30) 30 August 1943
Place o birth	Saulcoats, Scotland
Hicht	172 cm
Playin poseetion	Ootside Left
Hauflin career
	Ardeer Recreation F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1978	Celtic	293	(157)
1978	Houston Hurricane	30	(3)
1978–1981	Celtic	42	(10)
Naitional team
1966–1970	Scotland	10	(3)
1966–1968	Scottish League XI	3	(2)
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly

Robert Lennox, MBE (born 30 August 1943, Saulcoats, Ayrshire) is a Scots former professional fitbaw pleyer that played fur Celtic Fitbaw Club, bein a pairt o the 1967 European Cup winnin team that wis gien the byname o the Lisbon Lions.

Club career

Celtic signt Lennox fae Scots junior team Ardeer Recreation on provisional forms in 1961 at the age o 18, an he makkit his first stairt the follaein Mairch. He wint ontae score 301 goals in aw competitions, anely secont tae Celtic's tap goalscorer Jimmy McGrory, that haed 468 goals. Fae the 301 goals Lennox scored, 171 war in the Scots league, makkin him the fift heichest league scorer fur Celtic. He wis third fur the European Golden Boot in 1967–68.

He played in a secont European Cup final wi Celtic in 1970, losin 2–1 efter extra time tae Feyenoord o the Netherlands at the San Siro stadium, Milan. He wis a verra fast winger an wis kent bi fans as 'Buzz Bomb' or 'Lemon' as thay thocht he makkit defenders leuk lik 'suckers'.

He flittit tae the Unitit States in Mairch 1978 tae pley fur Houston Hurricane in thir debut season in the NASL. Efter three goals in 30 games fur a strugglin team, he got an offer tae jyne Celtic in September 1978. Celtic won the League Championship that yeir an the Scots Cup in 1980. He wis the last Lisbon Lion tae retire as a pleyer whan he jyned Celtic's coachin staff in November 1980.

Internaitional career

Lennox makkit his debut fur Scotland in a 2–1 win ower Norlin Airlin in 1966, goin ontae win 10 caps an scorin 3 goals. He scored wan o the goals in the kenspeckle win ower the FIFA Warld Cup hauders Ingland at Wembley in 1967, Ingland's first loss sin winnin the trophy. The goal makkit him the first Celtic pleyer tae score fur Scotland at Wembley, an he wint on tae sey it wis a muckle moment in his life.

His last cap fur Scotland wis agin Wales in 1970 at Hampden Pairk, that resultit in a 0–0 draw.

Style o pley

Haein gey speed an acceleration, Lennox cementit a reputation as a prolific goalscorer on the left wing. Anent Lennox, Bobby Charlton seyed: "If Ah haed Lennox in ma team, Ah could hae pleyed fur aye. He wis wan o the best strikers Ah hae iver seen."

Alfredo Di Stefano, that pleyed agin Lennox in his testimonial match, seyed: "The Scotsman that gied me the maist trouble wis Bobby Lennox o Celtic. Ma testimonial at the Bernabeu wis agin Celtic as, o coorse, thay war the champions o Europe in 1967, an awtho Ah remember the Bernabeu risin tae Jimmy Johnstone, Ah admirt Lennox greatly."