The Famous Five (football)

The Famous Five is the collective term for Hibernian's forward line of Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond.

[2] The first time that the Famous Five all started together in a competitive match was on 15 October 1949 versus Queen of the South at Easter Road.

[3] The first time they ever played together however, was in a pre-season friendly match against Nithsdale Wanderers at Sanquhar, when they won 7-2.

Their only Scottish Cup Final appearance in this period was in 1947, where they lost 2–1 to Dave Halliday's Aberdeen.

[6] It was due to this successful period that Hibs played in the inaugural European Cup in the 1955–56 season,[7] even though the club had only finished in 5th place in 1955, 15 points behind champions Aberdeen.