Kenny Dalglish played for Drumchapel Amateurs and Glasgow United before Vic Davidson's mother recommended him to Sean Fallon, caretaker manager of Celtic, in 1967.

However, Dalglish was a Rangers fan and it took Fallon two hours to secure the signature of the skilled striker.

The Motown-loving Glaswegian was a key player in the sides that helped Celtic to their world record nine-in-a-row league titles. His footballing intelligence was his greatest asset. Tommy Docherty once said of Dalglish: "People say he lacks a yard in pace, but I say to them he's ten yards quicker upstairs."

In his ten years at Celtic, he scored more than 100 league goals and won four League Championship badges, four Cup winners' medals and a League Cup winners' medal.

He left the club in August 1977 to join Liverpool for a record £440,000 fee and became the only man to win all three domestic winners' medals in England and Scotland, before continuing his success as a manager, first at Liverpool, then at Blackburn.

Dalglish won 102 caps for Scotland and was awarded the MBE for his services to football in 1984.