William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine (31 December 1948–24 April 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Rangers and Hearts.

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Playing career

Club career Rangers

He made his debut for Rangers aged eighteen, a week after the club was knocked out the Scottish Cup by Berwick Rangers, on 4 February 1967. Jardine started the 5–1 league win at home to Hearts at centre-back. He scored his first Rangers goal on 18 March 1967 in a league match against Ayr United. That same season, he started the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

Jardine played in various defensive positions as he became a regular under manager Davie White, even as a centre-forward, before finally settling as a right full-back at the start of the 1970–71 season. His first major trophy was at this position in the 1970 Scottish League Cup Final. The position was where he made the bulk of his 674 appearances for the club. He also was right full-back in the famous team which won the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, playing in all eight matches en route to the final and scoring the first goal of a 2–0 win over FC Bayern Munich in the semi-final.

Hearts

In 1982, in the twilight of his career, he joined his boyhood team Hearts, linking up with former Rangers team-mate Alex MacDonald who was now player-manager at the Edinburgh club. Jardine went on to make over 200 appearances for the Jambos and was an integral part of the side that came so close to winning the league championship in 1985–86. Indeed, Jardine's performances that season saw him at the age of 37 win the Scottish Football Writers Association Player of the Year award.

International career

Jardine was capped 38 times by Scotland and captained the team on nine occasions. He made his debut appearance as a substitute for David Hay on 11 November 1970 against Denmark. His first start was in October 1971 in a UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying win against Portugal. Jardine played in all three group matches during the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, where he and Celtic's Danny McGrain were voted the best pair of fullbacks in the competition. He also made one appearance, against Iran, during the 1978 World Cup finals. Jardine played the three matches of the victorious 1974 British Home Championship campaign, during which he scored his only international goal. Jardine made his final Scotland appearance on 19 December 1979, against Belgium

Post football career

Jardine later worked for Rangers in a public relations capacity and then in the retail department as the club's sales and marketing manager. On 26 April 2012 Jardine was reported by the BBC as having met with Rangers supporters groups to plan "taking sanctions" against other Scottish Clubs. The BBC reported that he said, "... the supporters will take sanctions against clubs which we deem to have been unfair to ourselves."

Personal life

On 17 November 2012, Rangers announced that Jardine was being treated for cancer. Jardine died on 24 April 2014, aged 65.

Honours

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1971-72
• Scottish League First Division/Premier Division: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
• Scottish Cup: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
• Scottish League Cup: 1970–71, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79,1981–82

• SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1974-75, 1985-86
• Scottish Football Hall of Fame