Five greatest managers who never played professional football

3. Bill Struth (Stonemason)

Bill Struth was exceptional as Rangers manager

Back in the early 20^th century, football managers went onto managing for years on end. But, few were as good as Bill Struth at Rangers. A stonemason by trade, Bill Struth sporting career started in the field of athletics, where he made a name for himself as a middle-distance runner. It was this that helped him get a job as a trainer for Clyde and then Hearts, before he joined Rangers as an assistant in 1914. He eventually took over manager in 1920 and transformed the club into Scotland’s dominant force, winning a mind boggling 18 League titles, 10 Scottish Cups and two League Cups during his 34-year spell in charge at the Ibrox.

During his reign, Bill Struth became the first Scottish manager to win the treble and was only the second-ever manager of Rangers. He even managed to rack up a staggering 14 Scottish titles in a 19-year period, in the process lifting the premier domestic knockout trophy for the first time in Rangers history in 1928. For all of his accomplishments, there is a bronze statue of him at Ibrox Stadium. He etched his name in stone, so as to speak.