He asked BwB to supply details.
JOSEPH JURION is the player concerned and he did, indeed, wear glasses during games.
They weren’t specially made for participating in games, just ordinary spectacles, and he obviously had the blessing of the relevant associations to wear them.
He first came to prominence in this neck of the woods, of course, in the 1962-63 European Cup.
But it was actually in a round prior to meeting Dundee in the quarter-finals that he first caught my notice.
That was because Anderlecht caused a massive upset by eliminating five-times winners Real Madrid in the previous round.
They beat Real 1-0 in the home leg, after having shared six goals in the first encounter at the Bernabeu. He was highlighted then not just for wearing specs but for scoring the decisive winner.
He was born Armand Joseph Jurion (nicknamed Jef) and played for Anderlecht as a right-winger from 1955 to 1967, winning eight Belgian championships.
Jurion played for his country 64 times in seven different positions and scored nine goals.
In the 1962-63 European Cup, Dundee beat Anderlecht 4-1 in the away first leg in Brussels, then won through to the semis by chalking up a 2-1 success in the second leg at Dens, coming from behind to win.
Staying on that season’s European Cup run, FRANK C. MILNE, one of the “Old Timers” who are patrons of the Inchture Hotel, came on with a query.
“One of our group, ‘WEE JIM, is quite adamant that, during a European tie at Dens Park, either Gordon Smith or Alan Gilzean was sent off.
“However, Dundee’s championship-winning goalkeeper around that time PAT LINEY assures us it never happened.
“Can BwB confirm this for us?”
Yes. Alan Gilzean, who scored the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win, was sent off in the second leg against AC Milan at Dens Park with six minutes remaining for “lashing out at Benitez after taking some terrible punishment throughout the match”, as one report described the incident.
See photos at foot of column.
BILLY O’ROURKE (EX-STOBSWELL JUNIORS)
Word sadly reached me just before Christmas of the passing of BILLY O’ROURKE after a short illness at the young age of 55.
I remember Billy as an outstanding player with Stobswell Juniors in the 1970s, and he also enjoyed senior involvement with Montrose FC.
His brother JACKY relayed the sad news.
“He played with the Stobbie from 1977-78, and the manager at the time was JOHN LEDDIE,” opened Jacky.
“He signed for Montrose FC after playing just 12 games for Stobswell. Billy also played for Forfar Albion juniors and Logie Harp amateurs.
“He came from Beechwood and played with several good players from this scheme such as DEREK LAING (Dundee), DANNY “THE WIZARD” MARKIE and PETER GOWANS to name but a few.
“He actually missed out on a cap for Scotland Juniors because he signed for Montrose.
“I remember the headlines in the Evening Telegraph sports pages around that time as ‘No Hampden for Billy’.
Billy, who stopped playing football after suffering a knee injury, lived most of his life in Dundee, apart from a short spell in London.
