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Dalglish was born in Glasgow in March of 1951, and as a young boy was a football fan, rooting for the Rangers. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Rangers' rival team, Celtic. As a striker for the team, he scored more than 150 goals while Celtic went on a winning streak that lasted eight seasons.

In 1977, Dalglish joined the Liverpool football team. In 1985, he became Liverpool's first ever player-manager when he took over for manager Joe Fagan. Fagan resigned following a riot at Heysel stadium in Brussels, while Liverpool played against the Italian Juventus team. 39 people were killed in the riot.

Dalglish's career as a player ended in 1987. He focused on managing the Liverpool team, and over the next four years, he won Manager of the Year three times. Tragedy struck again for the Liverpool team and fans in 1989, when overcrowding in the Hillsborough Stadium resulted in the death of 96 spectators at a game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Dalglish attended as many of the funerals of victims of the Hillsborough tragedy as he could, and he and his wife worked to do what they could to console the victims' families.

Following the Hillsborough tragedy, the pressures of satisfying the fans of Liverpool mounted, and Dalglish reluctantly resigned in 1991. He went on to manage the Blackburn Rovers, and helped lead the team to a championship. However, Dalglish only stayed with the Rovers two years. As he took a break from football management, Dalglish watched his son, Paul, follow in his footsteps. Paul also played for Glasgow Celtic and went on to Liverpool and then Newcastle.

Before managing Newcastle United, Dalglish did a turn as European Scout for Glasgow Rangers, the team he rooted for as a boy. At Newcastle, the challenges for Dalglish were to overcome a reputation for cracking under pressure, and to become the first ever manager to lead three separate teams to league championships. Although Newcastle came close to the championship, they didn't make it during Dalglish's tenure, and his split with the team is looking somewhat acrimonious.

Meanwhile, Dalglish was appointed Director of Football Operations at Celtic in June of '99, bringing his career back to hometown Glasgow.