John Divers (footballer, born 1940)

John Divers

Personal information
Full name	John Divers
Date of birth	(1940-03-08)8 March 1940
Place of birth	Clydebank, Scotland
Date of death
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	Glentyan Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1966	Celtic	171	(80)
1966–1969	Partick Thistle	30	(5)
Total		201	(85)
International career
1962–1963	Scottish League XI	3	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Divers (8 March 1940 – 23 September 2014) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Partick Thistle.

Born in Clydebank, Divers was the son of former Scottish international John Divers and grand-nephew of ex-Celtic player Patsy Gallacher. He played 242 games for Celtic between 1957 and 1966. Playing mostly as an inside left; he scored 110 goals for the club, which helped gain him a reputation as a skilful, clever and hard working player.

Divers was part of a number of Scotland squads and played on three occasions for the Scottish League XI, scoring 4 goals. He contributed to Celtic's nine consecutive league championships in a row by scoring the first goal of that period; which was away against Dundee United in 1965. After joining Partick Thistle in the early part of the 1966–67 season, he later retired from the Senior game in 1969 to attend Strathclyde University.

John Divers spent some of his later life in teaching, spending most of his career in Our Lady and St. Patrick's High School in Dumbarton. He died in September 2014.

External links

• The Scotsman obituary
• John Divers profile thecelticwiki.com