Rangers' Post-War Championship Winning Players

Rangers won 24 league titles since 1946-47, when Scottish league was resumed after Second World War :
11 as "First Division" (to 74-75) and 13 as "Premier division" (since 75-76)
Their seconds are Celtic FC, who won 17 league titles along the same period.
Besides, Rangers were 14 times runners-up (11 "First", 3 "Premier").
  
Here are Rangers' line-up when "First Division" champions. 
The figures between brackets indicate number of matches (a "+" shows matches played as substitute) and number of
goals. 
  
Robert Brown (30, -26) - George Young I (28, 4) / David Gray (9), Woodburn (18), Jock Shaw (28) / Lindsay (2) - McColl
(19, 1) / Cox (13, 2) / Watkins (6), Rae (19) / Symon (10) - Waddell (22, 5) / Rutherford (5, 1) / Stead (3), Gillick
(27, 12), Thornton (25, 18) / Arnison (7, 1), Duncanson (27, 18) / William Williamson (5, 6) / Jimmy Parlane (4, 2),
Caskie (13, 3) / McNee (10, 3).
76 goals for, 26 against.

Note : Young centre-half then right-back.

1948-1949 (30 matches) [3-2-5] :

R Brown (30, -32) - G Young I (28, 3), Woodburn (30), Jock Shaw (27) / Lindsay (4) - McColl (30), Cox (29, 2) / Rae (1) /
Marshall (1) - Waddell (20, 3) / Frame (1), Paton (19, 9) / Findlay (12, 4) / Gillick (8, 4), Thornton (29, 23) / W
Williamson (6, 2), Duncanson (24, 10), Rutherford (27, 2) / Caskie (1) / Walmsley (1).
63 goals for, 32 against.

Note : Rutherford outside right then left ; Findlay and Paton inside left then right, Duncanson out- then inside left.

1949-1950 (30 matches) [3-2-5] :

R Brown (30, -26) - G Young I (30, 3), Woodburn (29), Jock Shaw (29) / Lindsay (2) - McColl (30), Cox (30, 4) / Rae (7, 1)+- Rutherford (22, 7) / McCulloch (10, 1) / Waddell (7, 4) / Gillick (2), Findlay (20, 8) / Paton (7, 2), Thornton (19,
11) / W Williamson (19, 11), Joe Johnson (20, 5), Duncanson (12, 1) / Hubbard (2) / Ian (John) McIntyre (2) / Marshall
(1).
58 goals for, 26 against.  

Note : Rae wing-half then outside-left ; Williamson centre-forward and inside-left ; Rutherford right or left winger.

1952-1953 (30 matches) [3-2-5] :
   
Niven (30, -39) - George Young I (29, 5), Woodburn (27) / Stanners (3), RJ Little (30) / Jock Shaw (1) - McColl (29, 3) /
Dunlop (1), Cox (23) / Pryde (3) / Rae (3) - Waddell (16, 2) / McCulloch (12, 3), Grierson (30, 23), William Simpson (21,
21) / Paton (6, 5) / Thornton (4, 4) / Gardiner (2, 2), Prentice (30, 8), Hubbard (24) / Liddell (6, 2).
80 goals for (78 + 2 og), 39 against.

1955-1956 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :
  
Niven (31, -26) / R Brown (3, -1) - Caldow (26) / Robert Shearer (16), G Young I (29) / Elliott (2) / Millar (1) / Sandy
Thomson (1), RJ Little (25) - McColl (34, 1), Rae (27, 1) / Prentice (10, 1) - Alex Scott (34, 9), W Simpson (32, 10) /
Paton (1, 1) / Stanners (1), Kichenbrand (25, 24) / Max Murray (8, 6), Baird (33, 14) / Queen (1), Hubbard (34, 17).
85 goals for (84 + 1 og), 27 against.

Note : Caldow right- then left-back.
  
1956-1957 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :
  
Niven (34, -48) - R Shearer (34), George Young I (28, 1), Caldow (30) / RJ Little (5) - McColl (34), Logie (16) / Davis
(20, 1) - Alex Scott (29, 12) / D Wilson (6, 1), W Simpson (32, 21) / Grierson (3), M Murray (30, 29) / Jimmy Walker (2),
Baird (32, 9) / Morrison (5, 6) / Paton (1), Hubbard (33, 15). 
96 goals for (95 + 1 og), 48 against.
  
Note : Davis left- or centre-half.

1958-1959 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :

Niven (34, -51) - R Shearer (34), Telfer (31) / Paterson (3), Caldow (32, 4) / RJ Little (1) / Provan (1) - Davis (29, 2)
/ McColl (11) / Orr (1), Stevenson (26) - Alex Scott (34, 7) / Duncan (3, 2), Ian McMillan (26, 8) / Hogg (2, 1), M  
Murray (22, 17) / W Simpson (6, 7) / McEwan (1), Brand (25, 21) / Baird (6, 4) / Millar (5, 2), Matthew (18, 5) / Hubbard
(8, 10) / D Wilson (15, 2). 
92 goals for, 51 against.

Note : Davis left- or right-half ; Davie Wilson in- and outside left, Baird & Millar inside right and left.

1960-1961 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :

Niven (22, -25) / Ritchie (12, -21) - R Shearer (33), Paterson (30) / Baillie (5), Caldow (33, 2) / Provan (2) - Davis
(31, 2) / McKinnon (2), Baxter (27, 1) / Stevenson (8) - Alex Scott (33, 12) / Henderson (3), I McMillan (28, 8) / Willie
Penman (3), Millar (21, 9) / George McLean I (6, 3) / M Murray (5, 5), Brand (34, 24), D Wilson (34, 19) / Hume (2).
88 goals for (85 + 3 og), 46 against.

1962-1963 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :

Ritchie (33, -27) / Martin (1, -1) - R Shearer (34), McKinnon (32) / Baillie (6), Caldow (20) / Provan (12) - Greig (27,
5) / Davis (16, 2), Baxter (32, 5) / Hunter (1) - Henderson (27, 5) / Craig Watson (6) / Alex Scott (4, 1), I McMillan
(12, 1) / George McLean II (9, 2) / Willoughby (3, 2), Millar (31, 27) / Forrest (4), Brand (32, 19), D Wilson (32, 23).
94 goals for (92 + 2 og), 28 against.

Note : Greig right-half  and inside right.

1963-1964 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :

Ritchie (34, -31) - R Shearer (31), McKinnon (32) / Baillie (4), Provan (33, 3) / Caldow (3) / Hynd (1) - Greig (34, 4) /
Davis (4), Baxter (26, 4) / Wood (4) - Henderson (30, 3), George McLean II (19, 10) / I McMillan (10, 1) / Willoughby (6,
3), Forrest (24, 21) / Millar (22, 6), Brand (31, 19), D Wilson (16, 6) / C Watson (7, 4) / Trail (3).
85 goals for (84 + 1 og), 31 against.

Note : George McLean II inside right and left ; Brand, mainly inside-left, played also winger positions.

1974-1975 (34 matches) [3-2-5] :

Stewart Kennedy (34, -33) - Jardine (34, 9), Jackson (33, 3), Tom Forsyth (30, 1) / Denny (6+1), Greig (21+1, 1) / Alex
Miller (15+3, 2) - Tommy McLean (32+1, 14) / O'Hara (2+2, 1), Derek Johnstone (27, 14) / McDougall (11+3, 2), Alex
MacDonald (29+1, 2) / Fyfe (6+4, 4) / Hamilton (2+1), Quinton Young (22+6, 6) / Ally Scott (7+2, 1) - McKean (25+1, 5) /
Stein (8, 3), Derek Parlane (30+1, 17).
86 goals for, 33 against.
About this document

NB: second half (champions since 1974) to be added in near future
Prepared and maintained by Didier Fort the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Didier Fort (DFort25439@aol.com)
Last updated: 28 Sep 1999