Sammy Kean
Samuel "Sammy" Kean (born 1917 or 1918; died 17 April 2003)[1] was a Scottish football player and manager.
Hibs signed Kean from Kirkintilloch Rob Roy as an outside left.[1] Kean made his senior debut on 14 August 1937, in a Scottish League match against Queen's Park.[2] Hibs manager Willie McCartney used Kean as left half and he formed a partnership with Matt Busby when Busby signed for Hibs in 1941 as a wartime guest player.[1] Kean made one appearance for Scotland during the war.[3] When competitive football resumed after the war, Kean was an important figure supporting the Famous Five forward line.[1] Kean played in the 1947 Scottish Cup Final and won a league championship medal in 1948.[1] Kean represented the Scottish League once, in April 1947.[4]
Kean ceased his playing career after the 1948–49 season and then worked for Hibs as an assistant trainer.[1] He moved to Dundee in the late 1950s, assisting Bob Shankly with their league championship winning team in 1962.[1] Kean was credited with the signing of Gordon Smith, as the pair had a working relationship dating back to shifts in the Leith shipyards during the war.[1] Kean also coached Falkirk and Partick Thistle.[1]
Kean worked for the Gas Board for the rest of his working life.[1] Besides football, he was also a keen golfer and lawn bowls player.[1] His wife Mary died in 1993 and Kean suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years.[1] When he died in April 2003, Kean was survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.[1]
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- Sources
- HIBERNIAN : 1946/47 - 2012/13, Neil Brown
- 1910s births
- 2003 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Association football wing halves
- Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scottish football managers
- Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff
- Dundee F.C. managers
- Falkirk F.C. managers
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
- Partick Thistle F.C.
- People from Dumbarton
- Scottish Football League managers
- Scotland wartime international footballers
- Year of birth uncertain
