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{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1931–2021)}}
{{otherpeople2|John Grant}}
{{other people||John Grant (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Football biography▼
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
| playername = John Grant▼
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
| image = ▼
▲{{Infobox Footballfootball biography
| fullname = ▼
▲| playernamename = John Grant
| dateofbirth = 1931
▲| image =
| cityofbirth = [[Edinburgh]]
▲| fullname =
| countryofbirth = [[Scotland]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|16|df=y}}
| height = ▼
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]▼
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|28|1931|6|16|df=y}}
| youthyears = <br/>1949&ndash;1954
▲| height =
| youthclubs = [[Merchiston Thistle]]<ref name = "Hibs"/><br/>[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]▼
▲| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| years = 1954&ndash;1964<br/>1964&ndash;1965
| youthyears1 =
| clubs = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]<br/>[[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]
▲| youthclubsyouthclubs1 = [[Merchiston Thistle]]<ref name = "Hibs"/><br/>[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| caps(goals) = 224 (2)<ref name = "Hibs">[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hibernian/hibernian.htm HIBERNIAN : 1946/47 - 2007/08], Newcastle Fans.</ref><br/>{{0}}28 (0)<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/raith/raith.htm RAITH ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08], Newcastle Fans.</ref>
| youthyears2 = 1949–1954
| nationalyears = 1958
| youthclubs2 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| nationalteam = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| years1 = 1954–1964
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}{{0}}2 (0)<ref>[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/johngrant.html John Grant], London Hearts.</ref>▼
| clubs1 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]<ref name = "Hibs">{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player9/johngrant.html |title=JOHN GRANT |work=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |publisher= |date= |accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
| caps1 = 224
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1964–1965
| clubs2 = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]<ref name = "Hibs" />
| caps2 = 28
| goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 252
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1958
▲| nationalcaps(goals)nationalteam1 = {{0}}{{0}}2[[Scotland (0)national football team|Scotland]]<ref>[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/johngrant.html John Grant], London Hearts.</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1958–1961
| nationalteam2 = [[Scottish League XI]]
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
'''John Grant''' (born16 June 1931 in– [[Edinburgh]]28 January 2021)<ref name = "SFA">[httphttps://www.scottishfa.colegacy.com/obituaries/edinburghnews-scotsman-uk/football_player_profileobituary.cfmaspx?pagen=823john-grant&playerIDpid=112966&squadID=1197645846 Edinburgh Evening News: John Grant obituary]</ref><ref>[https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/his-memory-marches-on-john-grant AHis Squad],memory [[Scottishmarches Footballon: Association]John Grant].</ref> iswas a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] professional [[association football|footballer]], who played for [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] and the [[Scotland national football team]]. Grant played for |Scotland twice, against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales national football team|Wales]] during the [[1959 British Home Championship]].
 
Grant signed for Hibs in 1949, but had to wait until 1954 to make his league debut due to the strength of the Hibs side in the early 1950s.<ref name = "SFA">{{SFA Profile|id=112966|name=John Grant}}</ref> Hibs won the league championship in [[1950-51 in Scottish football|1951]] and [[1951-52 in Scottish football|1952]], and were denied a third successive championship in [[1952-53 in Scottish football|1953]] on [[goal average]]. Grant was a stalwart of the Hibs side for the following decade, but he was [[free transfer (football)|released]] by [[Jock Stein]] in 1964.<ref name = "SFA"/> Grant played for [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] for a further season before retiring from the game.<ref name = "SFA"/>
 
Grant played for Scotland twice, against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales national football team|Wales]] during the [[1959 British Home Championship]]. He also represented the [[Scottish League XI]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/aaplayersbyapp.html|title=Scotland FL Players by Appearances|work=Londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref>
== Notes ==
 
==References==
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