He described himself as shy from an understandably over-watchful mother having to cope with the death of a son five years older than Alex being fatally hit by a car.
This particular Hearts side had won their breakthrough tournament the year before winning the 1954 Scottish League Cup Final.
With Hearts' 'Terrible Trio' forward line of Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn, Sr at their peak, Young played at right wing.
A capacity crowd watched a tense game in which Rangers keeper, George Niven, was man of the match.
They led the league championship in December but with injuries taking their toll they lost 6–0 in a visit to Ibrox Park.
Dave Mackay was sold in March to Tottenham Hotspur,[9] but Hearts fought back into contention when they won 2–0 against Rangers in April.
[6] Young was sold to Glentoran in 1968 for £10,000,[21] and briefly managed the club before his failing hearing forced him to step down.
[22] Young later played briefly for Stockport County for 23 games before a knee injury forced his retirement aged 31.
[23] His full international debut for Scotland came in April 1960, in a 1–1 draw against England attended by 129,193 fans at Hampden Park.
[27] After football Young ran his family's business wholesaling soft furnishings[6] in Edinburgh before retiring.
[11] His son, Jason, became a professional footballer in the 1990s but could not match his famous father's prowess, and spent his career mostly in the Scottish lower divisions.
[28] Young was included in the Football League's "100 Legends of the 20th Century" in 1999,[29] and in August 2001 Everton gave him a testimonial at Goodison Park, which over 20,000 fans attended.
[27] Ken Loach's 1968 docu-drama, The Golden Vision, concerned a group of Everton fans and was named after Young, who also appears on-screen.