Career
He played at centre-half for the league-winning Aberdeen team of 1954-1955, and was inducted into the Aberdeen Football Club "Hall of Fame" as one of the founding members in 2003. He was a mainstay of the successful Aberdeen side of the 1950s, playing in every game of the league championship season in 1954-1955, and appearing in two Scottish Cup finals, in 1953 and 1954. Young never played for the Scottish national team, despite being a highly regarded defender, and having captained the junior international side.
Archie Glen, one of Young"s team-mates in the league-winning side, considered him to be one of that side"s more under-rated players:
Young left Aberdeen in 1958, moving to Ross County, then in the Highland League, where he served as player-coach until retiring on medical advice in 1964.
He went on to run a grocery shop in Fortrose.
