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Colin MacDonald Jackson (8 October 1946 – 6 June 2015) was a Scottish
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, who played predominantly for Rangers and the Scotland national team.


Career

Jackson, a defender, initially joined Rangers straight from Ruthrieston School in 1962. He had a spell with
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side Sunnybank Athletic before rejoining the ''Light Blues'' in 1963. He made a total of 506 appearances for Rangers between 1963 and 1982 and during his time at Ibrox won 3 League championships, 3
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s. In the 1978–79 Scottish League Cup Final, he scored a last-minute winning goal. Perhaps the biggest disappointment during his career came when he missed out on Rangers' victory in the
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, having failed a fitness test prior to the game against
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. Jackson was also recognised internationally by the
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, Scotland under-23 and
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. He won a total of eight full international
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between 1975 and 1976, scoring one goal. In his eight full internationals he was unbeaten, with Scotland recording five wins and three draws. After leaving Rangers, Jackson spent a month with Morton then the rest of the 1982–83 season with
Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been m ...
. He retired in the summer of 1983 and became a partner in an
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printing venture. He lived in
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for over 30 years. He died of
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at his home on 6 June 2015.


See also

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List of Scotland international footballers born outside Scotland This is a list of players who have played international football for the Scotland national football team and who were born outside Scotland. For the purposes of international football, the global governing body FIFA considers Scotland, England, W ...


References


External links


Rangers ''Hall of Fame'' profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Colin 1946 births 2015 deaths Scottish footballers Footballers from Aberdeen Banks O' Dee F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scotland international footballers Association football central defenders Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scotland under-23 international footballers Deaths from leukemia Sportspeople from Rutherglen Anglo-Scots