Ian Riddell

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Ian Riddell
Personal information
Date of birth 1937/1938[1]
Date of death 25 September 2021 (aged 82 or 83)
Place of death Erskine, Scotland
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Jordanhill T.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1966 St Mirren 126 (6)
1966–1968 Berwick Rangers 42 (0)
Total 168 (6)
National team
1960–1961 Scotland U23[2] 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ian Riddell (1937/1938 – 25 September 2021)[3] was a Scottish semi-professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Career[]

Riddell played for Jordanhill T.C., St Mirren and Berwick Rangers.[4][5] He was a member of the Berwick team which famously beat Rangers in the Scottish Cup in 1967.[6]

He played semi-professionally, combining his football career with a day job as a PE teacher.[1]

He represented Scotland at under-23 level.[1]

Personal life[]

Riddell died in September 2021, in a care home in Erskine.[7][8]

His son is actor Derek Riddell.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com.
  2. ^ "Ian Riddell". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Ian Riddell". HeraldScotland.
  4. ^ "ST. MIRREN : 1946/47 - 2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ^ "BERWICK RANGERS : 1955/56 - 2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Dad is in different league". Sunday Mail. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Ian Riddell". 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Ian Riddell". www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk.


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