Danny McGrain

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Danny McGrain
Personal information
Full name Daniel Fergus McGrain
Date of birth May 1, 1950 (1950-05-01) (age 58)
Place of birth    Finnieston, Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Celtic (Reserve Coach)
Youth clubs
Maryhill
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970-1987
1987-1988		 Celtic
Hamilton Academical		 439 (4)
021 (0)   
National team
1972-1982 Scotland 062 (0)
Teams managed
Arbroath

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Fergus "Danny" McGrain (born in Glasgow May 1, 1950) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic F.C. in defence. He made 657 appearances scoring 8 goals. He was also a Scotland international.

McGrain, a talented fullback described as a "footballing legend" [1], was selected for Celtic's all-time greatest XI. He is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame, having won 62 caps. He played best as a right back.

In 1974, he was diagnosed as suffering from diabetes but was able to continue playing top-level football. He played for Scotland in the 1974 World Cup, missed the 1978 World Cup because of injury, and was captain of Scotland at the 1982 World Cup.

McGrain supported Rangers (Celtic's Glasgow rivals) as a boy. He wrote two autobiographies, one when his career was at its peak and another shortly after he retired. In both, McGrain (a Protestant) told how he had been spotted by someone doing some scouting for Rangers when he was still a boy but the scout did not recommend him to Rangers, wrongly assuming from his name that he was a Catholic and that Rangers would not sign him because of this. In the first, he made some comments on Scotland's erratic performance in the 1978 World Cup, but said it could not all be blamed on the controversial manager Ally McLeod.

McGrain is currently assistant coach of the Celtic reserve team.

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Preceded by
Kenny Dalglish		 Celtic F.C. captain
1977-1987		 Succeeded by
Roy Aitken
Preceded by
John Greig		 Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
1977		 Succeeded by
Derek Johnstone
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Scotland squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Harvey • 2 Jardine • 3 McGrain • 4 Bremner • 5 Holton • 6 Blackley • 7 Johnstone • 8 Dalglish • 9 Jordan • 10 Hay • 11 Lorimer • 12 Allan • 13 Stewart • 14 Buchan • 15 Cormack • 16 Donachie • 17 Ford • 18 Hutchison • 19 Law • 20 Morgan • 21 McQueen • 22 Schaedler • Coach: Ormond
 Flag of Scotland
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Scotland squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Rough • 2 McGrain • 3 Gray • 4 Souness • 5 Hansen • 6 Miller • 7 Strachan • 8 Dalglish • 9 Brazil • 10 Wark • 11 Robertson • 12 Wood • 13 McLeish • 14 Narey • 15 Jordan • 16 Hartford • 17 Evans • 18 Archibald • 19 Sturrock • 20 Provan • 21 Burley • 22 Leighton • Coach: Stein
 Flag of Scotland
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Arbroath F.C. – Managers

McGlashan (-–1946) • A. Anderson (1946–49) • Cheyne (1949–55) • Gray (1955–57) • C. Anderson (1957–60) • Prentice (1960–62) • Henderson (1962–79) • Stewart (1979–82) • Fleming (1982–85) • Bone (1985–87) • Young (1987–90) • Gibson (1990–91) • Borthwick (1991) • Lawson (1991–92) • McGrain (1992–94) • Scott (1994) • Mackie & Park (1994–95) • Brogan (1995–96) • Campbell (1996–97) • Baikie (1997–2000) • Brownlie (2000–03) • Kirk (2003–04) • Cairney (2004–05) • McGlashan (2005–)