Bertie Auld

Robert Auld (23 March 1938 – 14 November 2021) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was a member of Celtic's Lisbon Lions.

Bertie Auld
Personal information
Full name Robert Auld[1]
Date of birth (1938-03-23)23 March 1938
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 14 November 2021(2021-11-14) (aged 83)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Outside left, midfielder
Youth career
Maryhill Harp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1961 Celtic 74 (17)
1956–1957 → Dumbarton (loan) 15 (8)
1961–1965 Birmingham City 126 (26)
1965–1971 Celtic 102 (36)
1971–1973 Hibernian 11 (3)
Total 328 (90)
National team
1958–1965 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
1959 Scotland 3 (0)
Teams managed
1974–1980 Partick Thistle
1980–1982 Hibernian
1982–1983 Hamilton Academical
1986 Partick Thistle
1988 Dumbarton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made more than 200 appearances in the Scottish League playing for Celtic, Dumbarton and Hibernian, and more than 100 in the Football League in England with Birmingham City.[2] He also played for Scotland three times in 1959.

He was also well known as manager at Partick Thistle.

Auld died on 14 November 2021 from dementia-related problems in Glasgow, aged 83.[3][4]

References
  1. "Bertie Auld". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. "Bertie Auld". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  3. Bertie Auld dead aged 83 as Celtic mourn the loss of another legendary Lisbon Lion, Daily Record, 14 November 2021
  4. Bertie Auld: Celtic's Lisbon Lion dies aged 83, BBC Sport, 14 November 2021
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