John Glass Celtic Director
So what's the story with this man?
One neutral source states 'In August 1888, without the knowledge of Brother Walfrid or the club committee, Glass signed eight of Hibs' best players, having offered them (illegal) cash inducements. The consequences for Hibs were catastrophic and within three years the Edinburgh club had collapsed.'.
While Celtic Wiki states 'He was the man, more than any other, who dragged Celtic and Scottish football into the professional world. and he was also the man who needed to do little persuading of various Hibs players in order to assist them to come to Celtic due to the situation that Hibs were leaving themselves in. For this, many Hibs fans have a wrong impression that he was a main instigator of the downfall of the original Hibs club in Edinburgh, but much of that is mistaken.
It sounds to me as though he was a hard nosed businessman who didn't give a shit about Brother Walfrid's high motives for the club, and Celtic fans are re-writing history to paint him in a better light. I could be completely wrong.