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nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1929-06-11</span>)</span>11 June 1929</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Blairhall" title="Blairhall">Blairhall</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 17 July 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-07-17)</span> (aged 79)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data deathplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Kingussie" title="Kingussie">Kingussie</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">Goalkeeper</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">–</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Coupar_Angus_F.C." title="Coupar Angus F.C.">Coupar Angus</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1951–1962</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 221</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1962–1969</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle_F.C." title="Partick Thistle F.C.">Partick Thistle</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 182</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>403</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(0)</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1953–1960</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_League_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish League XI">Scottish League XI</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 7</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1955<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_B_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotland national B football team">Scotland B vs A trial</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1960<sup id="cite_ref-scot60s_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scot60s-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Football_League_representative_players#Scotland_trial_matches_/_SFL_Centenary_players" title="List of Scottish Football League representative players">SFL trial v SFA</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Niven</b> (11 June 1929 – 17 July 2008) was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 1960s as a <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">goalkeeper</a> for <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle_F.C." title="Partick Thistle F.C.">Partick Thistle</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Niven&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Niven&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Niven was signed to Rangers from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Junior_Football_Association" title="Scottish Junior Football Association">junior</a> side <a href="/wiki/Coupar_Angus_F.C." title="Coupar Angus F.C.">Coupar Angus</a> in 1951 by manager <a href="/wiki/Bill_Struth" title="Bill Struth">Bill Struth</a>. He made his debut against <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C." title="Aberdeen F.C.">Aberdeen</a> on 19 April 1952 in the final league match of the season, which finished 1–1. He spent over ten years at <a href="/wiki/Ibrox_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrox Park">Ibrox</a> and won five <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_football_champions" title="List of Scottish football champions">league championships</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Cup" title="Scottish Cup">Scottish Cups</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Scottish_League_Cup" title="Scottish League Cup">League Cup</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cup" title="Glasgow Cup">Glasgow Cups</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Merchants_Charity_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup">Charity Cups</a>. He made 327 appearances in total for the club. </p><p>In February 1962 he joined <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle_F.C." title="Partick Thistle F.C.">Partick Thistle</a>. Whilst in <a href="/wiki/Maryhill" title="Maryhill">Maryhill</a> he would make a total of 232 first class appearances and become an ever present in the <i>Jags</i> goal. He never missed a league match in three separate seasons: 1962–63, 1963–64 and 1967–68. </p><p>He lost his place as number one when old rival from Rangers, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ritchie" title="Billy Ritchie">Billy Ritchie</a>, joined Thistle. After not featuring in the first team all season (his last game coming in a 0–0 draw at Airdrie in April 1968), he left in the summer of 1969. Niven retired from playing shortly after this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Niven&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Niven never played for the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland national football team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scotland_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is understood that he has played the most games for Rangers of any Scottish player who has not been capped by Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-scotland_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Niven was selected twice for Scotland, but had to withdraw each time due to injury and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Haffey" title="Frank Haffey">Frank Haffey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scotland_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did, however, represent the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_League_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish League XI">Scottish League XI</a> seven times.<sup id="cite_ref-scotland_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Niven&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Niven died on 17 July 2008, aged 79.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Niven&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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1955</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scot60s-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-scot60s_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Pitch Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781785312458" title="Special:BookSources/9781785312458"><bdi>9781785312458</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scotland+in+the+60s%3A+The+Definitive+Account+of+the+Scottish+National+Football+Side+During+the+1960s&rft.pub=Pitch+Publishing&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781785312458&rft.au=Ronnie+McDevitt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlITgDAAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522scotland%2BXI%2522%2Bv%2B%2522scottish%2Bleague%2522%26pg%3DPT215&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Niven" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scotland_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scotland_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scotland_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scotland_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Ibrox-custodian-was-clubs-rock.4305162.jp">"Ibrox custodian was club's rock during transition from 50s side to 60s"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i>. Johnston Press. 19 July 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scotsman&rft.atitle=Ibrox+custodian+was+club%27s+rock+during+transition+from+50s+side+to+60s&rft.date=2008-07-19&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsport.scotsman.com%2Ffootball%2FIbrox-custodian-was-clubs-rock.4305162.jp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Niven" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/georgeniven.html">"SFL player George Niven"</a>. <i>London Hearts Supporters' Club</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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