John "Jobby" Crossan

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John Crossan (also commonly known as Jobby or Johnny Crossan) (born November 28, 1938 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an author, radio sports analyst, entrepeneur and former Northern Irish footballer who began his career in the red and white stripes of Derry City FC. Crossan played as an inside forward. After a couple of seasons, Jobby signed for Coleraine FC.

In 1959, the unforgiving centre-half signed for Sparta Rotterdam, where he was first called up to the Northern Ireland squad. He went from there to Standard Liège, where he played in the semi-final of the European Cup against Real Madrid. In 1963, Jobby returned to football in the UK (following the lifting of his 'life-time' ban) when he was signed by Sunderland AFC, with whom he made it to the old First Division. He then signed for Manchester City FC who were playing in the old Second Division. As team-captain, he helped them make their way into the old First Division, before moving to fellow Manchester rivals Manchester United F.C.. Here, he was again bestowed with the captaincy and left such a lasting impression among the Old Trafford faithful, that Roy Keane was originally nicknamed 'Jobby'^{[citation needed]}, following his move from Nottingham Forest F.C. Crossan also played for Middlesbrough FC. Internationally, he was capped 24 times and scored 10 goals.