John Cushley
Football, Football player
1943 – 2008
Who was John Cushley?
John Cushley was a Scottish football player who played for Celtic, West Ham United, Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton
He was born in 1943 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and joined Celtic in July 1960 as a centre-half in the team's reserves. He made his first team debut for Celtic in March 1963, in a match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Cushley found himself in the shadow of his teammate and former schoolmate, Billy McNeill, and many of his appearances for Celtic were dependent on McNeill's absence due to injury or international appearances. Nonetheless, Cushley played 41 games for Celtic, until he left the club in 1967 in a £10,000 transfer to West Ham United.
In addition to his football career, Cushley was a teacher and a graduate in modern languages from the University of Glasgow. In 1964, he had acted as a Spanish translator when he and team manager Jimmy McGrory travelled to Spain in an unsuccessful attempt to sign Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano to Celtic. During his two years in London with West Ham, Cushley also worked as a teacher.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1943
Hamilton - Nationality
- Scotland
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Mar 24, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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