Cox was also a ferocious tackler, despite being only 5ft 8ins tall and weighing less than 11 stones. He was born in Darvel on April 13 1924 and played as a teenage amateur for Queen’s Park, Third Lanark and Dundee during the war.
He turned professional with Rangers in May 1946, playing his first game in a 4-0 defeat of Airdrie in the Victory Cup that month. Cox made his league debut at right back in August 1946 in the 4-2 win at Motherwell.
He played 13 league games that season in four different positions, also appearing at right half, left half and inside right.
By the 1947-48 season he had established himself and played in every league game, including one on the left wing against Clyde. Cox even got the winner in a 2-1 victory.
He won the first of his club honours with Rangers that season, a Scottish Cup winners’ medal in the 1-0 replayed final against Morton.
By the following season he had moved to left half and George Young had switched to right back to complete a formidable defence which also included Bobby Brown, Jock Shaw, Ian McColl and Willie Woodburn.
That Iron Curtain laid the foundations for Rangers to become the first team to win the Treble, which they did in 1948-49. Cox missed only one League game as Rangers took the title by a point from Dundee.
His one League Cup medal was won in March 1949 with a 2-0 victory over Raith Rovers and Cox earned his second Scottish Cup winners’ medal in the 4-1 defeat of Clyde in the final in April.
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