Tommy Gemmell

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Tommy Gemmell
Full name	Tommy Gemmell
Date of birth	October 16, 1943
Place of birth	Motherwell, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6ft 2in)
Position	Full-back
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1959–1961 1961–1971 1971–1973 1973–1976	Coltness United Celtic Nottingham Forest Dundee	- (-) 247 (37) 39 (6) - (-)
National team
1966–1971	Scotland	18 (1)
Teams managed
1977-1980 1984-86,1993-94	Dundee Albion Rovers
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas Gemmell (born October 16, 1943 in Motherwell) is a former Scottish footballer and manager.

He played as left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. In October 1961, he joined Celtic from Coltness United. He was one of the 'Lisbon Lions' who won the European Cup in 1967. In the final he scored a spectacular goal that was Celtic's equaliser. He also scored in the 1970 European Cup Final and is currently one of only two British footballers to score in two different European Cup Finals – the other being Phil Neal of Liverpool. He made 418 appearances for Celtic and scored 64 goals. This total comprised 247 league (37 goals), 43 cup (5 goals), 74 league cup (10 goals) and 54 European (12 goals) appearances. His record for penalties was 34 goals from 37 attempts. In December 1971, he was transferred to Nottingham Forest to cover for Liam O'Kane. He returned to Scotland in January 1973, and won the Scottish League Cup against former team, Celtic. He later managed Dundee and Albion Rovers.

He made his international debut for Scotland against England in April 1966. The following year, he played in the famous 3-2 victory over World Champions England at Wembley Stadium. He won 18 caps and scored one goal from the penalty spot against Cyprus in an 8-0 in a 1970 World Cup qualifier.