Tommy Craig

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Thomas "Tommy" Brooks Craig was born on 21 November 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland. He is currently the assistant manager of Hibernian.

[edit] Playing career

Craig was previously a talented midfielder and started his playing career at Aberdeen. In 1969 Sheffield Wednesday paid £100,000 for his services, a club record transfer fee at the time, as well as a British record for a teenager. Craig was a favourite with the fans during his time at Hillsborough and was seen by many as the highlight of what was a poor Sheffield Wednesday team. Craig scored 37 league goals for Wednesday, including many from the penalty spot. During his time at the club, Wednesday were relegated from the top flight following Craig's first full season, and they continued to struggle in Division Two, finally being relegated again shortly after he left for Newcastle United in 1974. After leaving Newcastle he went on to join Ron Saunders' Aston Villa, however, his relatively unsuccessful stay was short lived as Saunders was clearing the decks in order to turn Villa into the Championship and European Cup winning force of the early 1980's. He was capped once by Scotland, against Switzerland in 1976.

[edit] Coaching

After his playing career, Craig was assistant manager to John Blackley at Hibernian, and later he was Billy McNeill's assistant manager at Celtic, where he assisted McNeill to the championship in 1988. A spell at Aberdeen as assistant to Roy Aitken followed, before he took up the coaching role of Scotland's Under-21 team.

Craig spent time as a first team coach of FA Premier League football club Newcastle United, until he was released in September 2006^[1]. He was then chosen by John Collins to be his assistant at Hibernian.