RANGERS LEGENDS COUNTDOWN 15-11

15 WILLIE WOODBURN

The Rangers years: 1937-1955.

Appearances: 325.

Show us your medals: Four League titles, four Scottish Cups, two league Cups.

Career highlight: Going undefeated in three matches against England at Wembley.

So what makes you a legend? Rangers have had a plethora of great centre backs during their 141-year history. Many knowledgeable judges believe Willie Woodburn to be the best of them all.

He was a rugged, combative and often volatile. But he was also a fine footballer who read the game shrewdly and distributed the ball intelligently.

The Edinburgh-born player broke into the Rangers first team in 1938. The Second World War robbed him of six years of his career.

But after the end of hostilities in Europe he enjoyed great success. He was part of the legendary Iron Curtain defence and won 10 trophies in seven years.

He also helped Bill Struth's side claim their first ever Treble in 1949.

Capped 24 times for Scotland, Woodburn's career came to a controversial end when he was banned sine die by the SFA for head butting a Stirling Albion player. The ban was lifted three years later. But by then he had retired.

14 DEREK JOHNSTONE

The Rangers years: 1970-1983 and 1985-1986.

Appearances: 546.

Show us your medals: One European Cup-Winners' Cup, three League titles, five Scottish Cups, five League Cups.

Career highlight: Scoring the winner against Celtic in the 1970 League Cup final at Hampden aged just 16.

So what makes you a legend? Derek Johnstone, or DJ as he is better known, is the fifth- top scorer in Rangers history with 210 goals in 546 games.

It is an impressive personal haul of which the Dundonian should be proud. Only Ally McCoist has scored more league goals than him in the post-war era.

But when you consider the versatile star spent much of his career playing at centre-half or in midfield then his tally becomes even more remarkable.

Johnstone came to the attention of the football world when he scored the winning and only goal in the League Cup final against Celtic in front of over 100,000 fans at Hampden in 1970.

Two years later he was, at just 18, the youngest member of the Barcelona Bears team that won the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1972.

An injury to Colin Jackson meant he played at centre- half alongside Dave Smith in the 3-2 win over Moscow Dynamo.

He helped Jock Wallace's team end Celtic's dominance of Scottish football and win domestic Trebles in 1976 and 1978.

Johnstone is now a columnist with SportTimes and a pundit with Radio Clyde.

13 WILLIE WADDELL

The Rangers years: 1938 - 1955

Appearances: 301

Show us your medals: four League titles, two Scottish Cups

Career highlight: Managing Rangers to their greatest triumph, the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup

So what makes you a legend? Few men will leave a legacy at Rangers like Willie Waddell. His service to the club spanned five decades, his glittering playing career only the beginning of a love affair that would shape the club. Two of his finest achievements came after he had hung up his boots as he transformed Ibrox in the wake of the 1971 disaster and lead the Gers to their famous triumph in Barcelona. His influence is still felt to this day but his impact sixty years ago was just as profound. Waddell won four League titles and two Scottish Cups during a 17-year playing stint, forming a seemingly telepathic relationship with Willie Thornton as the pair inspired their side and entertained the Light Blue legions. A strong, speedy winger, Waddell was one of the finest players of his generation and will forever be idolised at Ibrox.

12 BOB McPHAIL

The Rangers years: 1927-1940.

Appearances: 408

Show us your medals: Nine League titles, six Scottish Cups.

Career highlight: Scoring twice for Scotland in a 3-1 win over England in front of a crowd of 149,547 at Hampden in 1937.

So what makes you a legend? Before Super Ally there was Super Boab.

Bob McPhail scored a staggering 261 goals in 408 games. His record of 230 league goals stood for over 50 years until Ally McCoist broke it in 1997.

But the inside forward from Barrhead holds another record that may never be broken. He won the Scottish Cup on seven occasions, six times with Gers. Only Jimmy McMenemy and Billy McNeill of Celtic can match that.

McPhail scored 74 goals in 109 matches at Airdrie and helped them win the Scottish Cup in 1924 aged just 18.

Lightning-fast, industrious and with a intuitive understanding of where the goal was, in his first season Gers landed the League and Scottish Cup double.

He struck up a formidable partnership with Alan Morton as the Ibrox side won the title in eight of the following 10 seasons.

After hanging up his boots in 1940, McPhail coached the reserve team at Ibrox for nearly 50 years. took over as manager.

11 GEORGE YOUNG

The Rangers years: 1941-1957.

Appearances: 428.

Career highlight: Captaining Scotland on a record 48 occasions.

Show us your medals: Six League titles, four Scottish Cups, two League Cups.

So what makes you a legend? George Young was known as "Corky" due to the lucky champagne cork he carried in his pocket when he played.

Rangers certainly cracked open the bubbly on numerous occasions during the 16 years he spent as a player at the Ibrox club.

The 6ft 2in 15 stone defender was a collosus both on and off the ptich. He was a decent header of the ball, a good tackler and was supremely fit. He missed just five league games between 1948 and 1953.

His qualities as a captain were as important as those he possessed as a key member of the Iron Curtain defence. He commanded huge respect and enormous loyalty in those around him.

His ability to lead men also resulted in him captaining Scotland a record 48 times. He won 53 caps in total at a time when far fewer internationals were played.

Young was the first Scottish player to win over 50 caps. He once turned out for the national team in 34 consecutive matches.

He retired in 1959 and briefly managed Third Lanark before becoming a hotelier.

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