life+then+daed

Jock was born on the 5 october 1922 he was born at burnbank,southlanarkshire,scotland. Stein saw football as his escape from the lanarkshire coal mines.In 1937 he left Greenfiled school in hamilton and after a short time workin in a carpit factory went to the pit to become a miner.The next year he joined Blantyre Victoria junior football club.He sarted out as a profeesionl player with Albion Rovers in 1942 and to continued to work as a mier during the week,while playing a center half on a satuday.He made a name for himself as no nonsense center half and went on to make over 200 appearances for the Coatbrige club,which include a brif loan spell to Dunde United un 1943.Rovers won promotion to the first divsionin 1948.In 1950 Stein sined for non laegue welsh club A.F.C Llanlli for the first time in his career he became a full-time professinoal footballer on the sum of £12 a week.He was soon desperate to return to scotland as he left his wife and young daughter behind and his house brok into twic in his absens