Bobby Evans

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Evans with his trademark shirt out of shorts style.
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Evans with his trademark shirt out of shorts style.

Bobby Evans (born 16 July 1927) was a Scottish football player for Celtic and Chelsea.

Evans joined Celtic early in 1944/45 from junior side St.Anthony's. He started out his Celtic career as a forward, but it wasn't until manager Jimmy McGrory moved him back to right-half that Evans became a Celtic great.

Unmistakable with his ginger hair, he was probably the first to wear his shirt out of his shorts, his trademark. His stamina, determination and sheer will-to-win were regarded by many as exceptional.

Celtic's long-awaited Scottish Cup victory of 51 and the historic St.Mungo cup win of the same summer gave Evans his first taste of major success. He then went on to give the sustained performance of a lifetime throughout the unexpectedly triumphant Coronation Cup run two years later. In the final, Evans was regarded by many as simply sublime, as he played the great Lawrie Reilly out of the game and fittingly instigated the move that led to Jimmy Walsh's clinching strike in the 2-0 defeat of favourites Hibernian.

Evans left Celtic in 1960, heading south to Chelsea, making way for the new young guns of the sixties. He was the first Celtic captain to lift the League Cup in 1956 and he famously helped defend it a year later against Rangers in what will forever be know as the "7-1" game.

Bobby Evans made 535 appearances for Celtic, he scored 10 goals. He won 48 caps for his country.

Scotland Scotland squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup Scotland

1 Martin | 2 Cunningham | 3 Aird | 4 Evans | 5 Docherty | 6 Davidson | 7 Cowie | 8 Mackenzie | 9 Hamilton | 10 Brown | 11 Machan | 12 Fernie | 13 Ormond | 14 Anderson | 15 Johnstone | 16 Henderson | 17 Mathers | 18 Wilson | 19 Binning | 20 Combe | 21 Copland | 22 McMillan | Coach: Beattie
Scotland Scotland squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Scotland

1 Younger | 2 Brown | 3 Parker | 4 Caldow | 5 Hewie | 6 Haddock | 7 McColl | 8 Turnbull | 9 Evans | 10 Docherty | 11 Mackay | 12 Cowie | 13 Baird | 14 Leggat | 15 Scott | 16 Murray | 17 Mudie | 18 Coyle | 19 Collins | 20 Robertson | 21 Imlach | 22 Fernie | Coach: Walker
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