Neil Lennon has paid his own tribute to Lisbon Lion Stevie Chalmers who has died at the age of 83.
The death of the man who scored the most important goal in the history of Celtic, the winner in the 1967 European Cup Final, comes just a week after the death of the team's talismanic captain Billy McNeill.
Chalmers is the Hoops' fourth-highest scorer of all-time behind Jimmy McGrory, Bobby Lennox and Henrik Larsson.
Lennon was gutted to hear of his passing from dementia on Monday.
Stevie Chalmers tributes paid as Celtic heroes hail one of the club's greatest ever goalscorers
The Celtic boss told the club's website: “This is desperately sad news and the thoughts and prayers of everyone at the club are with Stevie’s wife, Sadie, and their family at this extremely difficult time for them.
“In Celtic’s long and illustrious history, we have scored over 12,000 competitive goals since 1888. It is an impressive total, with some memorable goals scored by great players down through the years.
“Yet, it’s easy to pick the best and most important goal out of all of them. It came on May 25, 1967, in Lisbon’s Estadio Nacional and was scored by Stevie Chalmers.
“It was the winning goal and ensured Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup. It created the legend of the Lisbon Lions and ensured the legendary status of all of those players.
“However, all of them remained humble and modest about their incredible achievements, and Stevie Chalmers epitomised the humility of Jock Stein’s great team.
Stevie Chalmers dead at 83 as Celtic's Lisbon Lion goalscoring hero passes away
“Stevie was a brilliant goalscorer for Celtic, with 231 goals to his name, but he was always a quiet and unassuming man whenever I met him, and happiest spending time with his fellow Lions.
“Like the rest of the Lions, Stevie was a Celtic supporter first and foremost, and, as supporters, we are all grateful for everything he did for this wonderful football club we all love.
“We are already a club in mourning, with Billy McNeill’s passing last week, and now we mourn the loss of another Lisbon Lion in Stevie Chalmers, Billy’s friend and former team-mate.
“We keep Stevie’s family in our thoughts, and also his fellow Lions who will also be devastated at this terrible news.”
