RIP Gillie - The greatest ever Dee! Top Overall Scorer - 169 goals in 190 competitive games. Top Scorer In One Season - 52 goals in 1963/64. Top European Scorer - 9 goals. Top Scorer In One Game - 7 goals against Queen of the South. in 1962. (Record shared with Bert Juliussen) Top Successive Scorer - 7 goals in 7 consecutive games. (January 1st to February 1st 1964) Top Hat-Trick Scorer- 17 hat-tricks. A true Dundee legend in every sense of the word, we may never see his goal scoring like again.

Brilliant player. He grew up in Coupar Angus about 5 miles from where I grew up in Blairgowrie . He's a local legend and for good reason,he was a tremendous footballer. 👏

What a wonderful player he was another great that slips by unrecognised outside the UK but was a star in his time thanks for the thrills you gave us football fans then 👏

RIP Alan , i watched you play when i was a kid

thank you alan for all the pleasure you gave to our fans, we will always remember you.

R I P Gilly , I used to watch your skills regularly from the stands of Park Lane , legend of the back flick ! Shame that you were taken before you saw the resurgence of the Lilliywhites as an international force 😟

King of the header. RIP alan 🙏🙏

will be sadly missed but never forgotten R.I.P.

God bless you Gilly you were a true entertainer and gave me so many wonderful memories of your playing skills and great sense of humour whilst playing the great game. Thank you a thousand times.

Superb player.Wonderful partnership with Jimmy Greaves 💙💙💙

Right through the 60s, I had four heroes: Greaves, Jennings, Gilzean and Mackay. Gilly was worth a dozen Berbatovs!

Great player quality class thoughts are with his family and friends

My football hero,loved him.Scored 2 for Scotland at Windsor park but northern ireland beat them 3-2. The best day of my football life .Jim Baxter and Dave mckay played that day and I was there.

Top player in Scotland and England

I admired him,because he was a very very good player and a man. R.I.P.

RIP Your Majesty :(

I was brought up watching Spurs and this "Wizard" of undefiable magic, now a VERY PROUD *CRYSTAL PALACE* fan I will NEVER forget *GILZEAN*!

Awesome stuff. Great show too. COYS

Dundee legend.

what a player

A very sad day as yet another great Spur goes on to join celestial Tottenham side. A wonderful man and one of our true greats. Gillie and Greavsie and then Gillie and Big Chiv. Was ever a side so blessed with attacking duos??

The Greatest !!!

always pretended to be gilzean in the playground at school...loved his link up play with jimmy greaves

Thank you for posting this.

Incredible tribute from " Greavsie "

Gillie.....once a Dee always a Dee!

the original king of WHL

Pure class RIP Gilly

RIP

Gilly alongside Jimmy Greaves were the dream partnership

There’s definitely a similar vibe to berbatov different as well but definitely a laid back time on the ball thing

He looks like old Maths teacher but amazing player.

His name was actually pronounced Gillane

Gilzean should have played at Wembley winning the European Cup for Dundee FC. Cologne had 8 West German internationals and Dundee beat them 8-1 on route to meeting cheating AC Milan who had bribed the ref. Disgraceful. Dundee FC were regarded as a better team than the Celtic one that won the European Cup a few years later. A few weeks after the controversial match with many clearly dubious refereeing decisions, the referee was banned for taking bribes from AC Milan. Say no more.

He died on 8 July 2018 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. All those headers???

Berba's dad.

What a touch, and totally un-coached!

Big stiff.

My favourite player when I was a kid.

RIP

RIP