Kenny Dalglish
Scottish football legend and iconic Liverpool player-manager.
As a forward, Dalglish played 338 times for Celtic and 515 for Liverpool, and his 102 caps for Scotland are a national record.[1]
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish
- Born
- 4 March 1951
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Height
- 1.73 m / 5 ft 8 in
- Position
- Forward
- Total caps
- 559
- Total goals
- 229
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Dalglish was born in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, the son of an engineer, and grew up in Milton.[2] Dalglish was made Celtic captain in the 1975–76 season.[3] Dalglish scored the winning goal in the 1978 European Cup final against Bruges.[4] He became player-manager of Liverpool after the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.[5]
Dalglish resigned as Liverpool manager on 22 February 1991, two days after a 4–4 draw with Everton.[6] On 25 September 1968, Dalglish entered his first competitive match for Celtic's first team as a substitute in the second half.[7] Bob Paisley, Liverpool's manager, secured Dalglish's signature on 10 August 1977 for a British record transfer fee of £440,000.[3]
What the cited sources add
The lfchistory.net profile states that despite Dalglish's interest in joining Rangers, he accepted Celtic's offer in July 1967.[8] The same source notes that Dalglish scored four goals in his first game for Cumbernauld United and had 37 goals by season's end.[8] The lfchistory.net profile reports that Dalglish scored his hundredth league goal for Liverpool on 26 November 1983 against Ipswich.[8] A Guardian article describes that Dalglish's resignation came "totally out of the blue" and that players could have been "knocked down with a feather"[9]
A Daily Record article recounts that when Dalglish was about 14, his family relocated to the south side, right next to Ibrox.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lane, "The 50 Best Soccer Forwards of All Time: Ranked", Sports Illustrated, 7 February 2025 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish through the years: in pictures", The Daily Telegraph; "In pictures: Kenny Dalglish returns to the Glasgow streets where he grew up to mark the publication of a new book celebrating his life", Daily Record, 22 September 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Remembering Jock Stein", BBC Sport, 6 September 2005; "The Immortal Jock Stein and the A74 Highway Crash", 28 April 2020; "Player profile", lfchistory.net; "Benitez opens talks with Dalglish", BBC Sport, 24 April 2009; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kenny DALGLISH - Biography (Part 1) of Career at Liverpool. - Liverpool FC", Sporting Heroes; "Kenny DALGLISH - Biography (Part 1) of Career at Liverpool. - Liverpool FC", Sporting Heroes; "Games for the 1977-1978 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!", www.lfchistory.net; "Squad of Liverpool 1977-78 First Division BDFutbol", www.bdfutbol.com; "Dalglish keeps Reds on top", UEFA, 10 May 1978 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Liverpool's Greatest - No.46: Steve McMahon", Liverpool F.C. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Birchall, Jon, "Remembering 4–4 draw between Everton FC and Liverpool FC", Liverpool Echo, 14 January 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kenny Dalglish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "In pictures: Kenny Dalglish returns to the Glasgow streets where he grew up to mark the publication of a new book celebrating his life", Daily Record, 22 September 2013; Lomax, Andrew (14 February 2008) The Daily Telegraph (London) Retrieved on 18 June 2009; "In pictures: Kenny Dalglish returns to the Glasgow streets where he grew up to mark the publication of a new book celebrating his life", Daily Record, 22 September 2013; My School Sport: Kenny Dalglish The Daily Telegraph (12 April 2006) Retrieved on 18 June 2009; "Player profile", en.wikipedia.org
- "Player profile", lfchistory.net. facts only, no text reused. lfchistory.net
- Taylor, "The game that forced Kenny Dalglish to resign as Liverpool manager", The Guardian, 14 January 2011. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- "In pictures: Kenny Dalglish returns to the Glasgow streets where he grew up to mark the publication of a new book celebrating his life", Daily Record, 22 September 2013. facts only, no text reused. dailyrecord.co.uk
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kenny Dalglish (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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