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Jimmy Johnstone – the Greatest Ever Celt
Celtic FC · Sep 30, 2018

Jimmy Johnstone – the Greatest Ever Celt

Jimmy Johnstone – the Greatest Ever Celt
Jimmy Johnstone – the Greatest Ever Celt

IT was on this day in 1944 that the player who was voted the Greatest Ever Celt by supporters was born. James Connolly Johnstone, known to his friends as Jimmy and to the wider footballing world as Jinky was born in Viewpark, and he remained immensely proud of where he came from throughout his whole life. He signed for Celtic in November 1961 and made his debut for his beloved Hoops on March 27, 1963...

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