{"id":594317,"date":"2026-05-20T12:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594317\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:53:11","slug":"mike-galloway-dead-at-60-as-tributes-paid-to-former-hearts-and-celtic-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594317\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Galloway dead at 60 as tributes paid to former Hearts and Celtic star"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tynecastle club have revealed the tragic news in a club statement<\/p>\n

11:29, 20 May 2026Updated 11:31, 20 May 2026<\/p>\n

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(Image: Allsport)<\/p>\n

Tributes have been paid after former Hearts and Celtic<\/a> midfielder Mike Galloway died, aged just 60.<\/p>\n

The Tynecastle club revealed the heartbreaking news in a statement on their website.<\/p>\n

Galloway was born in England but earned one full Scotland <\/a>international cap, while he was playing for Celtic, in 1991, against Romania.<\/p>\n

He started his career with Berwick Rangers and later had spells with Mansfield Town and Halifax Town south of the border.<\/p>\n

Galloway moved to Hearts <\/a>in 1987 and spent two years in Gorgie before joining Celtic, where he spent five years.<\/p>\n

During his time at Parkhead he had a loan spell with Leicester City during which he was involved in a near-fatal car crash.<\/p>\n

Galloway\u2019s career was ended and he had endured a battle with alcohol which he spoke openly about.<\/p>\n

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Former Hearts player Mike Galloway who has died, aged 60<\/p>\n

Hearts said in a statement: \u201cIt is with great sadness that Heart of Midlothian confirms the passing of our former player Mike Galloway.<\/p>\n

\u201cA popular figure during his two seasons at Tynecastle. Galloway always carried a powerful presence in central defence, midfield, or even in the attack. An aggressive tackler, strong in the air and always full of purpose and energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike had a sensational spell at Tynecastle and he brought steel to the midfield, as well as his scoring ability which saw him net 22 goals in 86 appearances. He helped Hearts to runners-up position in the Premier Division and also the Scottish Cup<\/a> Semi-Finals in 1987-88. This earned Hearts a place in the UEFA Cup, where Mike really made his mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was particularly brilliant in Hearts\u2019 best European campaign to date. Mike scored in both legs against St. Patrick\u2019s Athletic and Velez Mostar. In addition, he scored the only goal of the famous victory against FK Austria in Vienna. Hearts subsequently played Bayern in the Quarter-Finals and narrowly lost 2-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sincere condolences are extended to his family and friends at this sad time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tynecastle club have revealed the tragic news in a club statement 11:29, 20 May 2026Updated 11:31, 20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[203220,2817,218,9531,11727,8058,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-594317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-berwick-rangers-fc","tag-celtic-fc","tag-football","tag-hearts-fc","tag-leicester-city-fc","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}