John 'Yogi' Hughes: Hundreds pay tribute to 'Celtic great' - 'a giant of a man'
Players past and present have paid their respects at the funeral of "Celtic great" John 'Yogi' Hughes.
Hughes, who died earlier this month at the age of 79 after a short illness, scored 189 goals in 416 games for Celtic from 1959 to 1971, winning a European Cup winner's medal in 1967 and playing in the 1970 final after netting in the semi-final victory over Leeds United.
Former team-mate Jim Craig recalled his first encounter with Hughes in 1958 in a Scottish Schools Cup match with the powerful forward playing for St Patrick's High School of Coatbridge. "Once the game began he took control of the play from the centre-forward position and scored all of the St Pat's goals in a 6-0 victory.""He was even bigger and stronger by then yet, most surprisingly for someone of that build, he had a superb first touch and a great ability to go past opponents using that touch and speed," he said.
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