My dad’s a rock legend and Celtic fanatic but I ditched football for another career
HIS dad made his name on the stage and was famed for his love of watching Celtic on the football pitch.
But this rock and roll legend’s son has made his name on the ICE.
Liam Stewart, son of music icon Sir Rod Stewart, is a professional ice hockey player.
Sir Rod’s sixth child, the second of his marriage to Rachel Hunter, Liam is now 29 years of age and currently resides in the state of Washington in the USA.
Despite his father’s love for singing and football, it is the skating rink where Liam has forged a career for himself.
So most recently played for Milton Keynes Lightning as a forward.
He hasn’t returned to the sport since he and his partner Nicole welcomed their first child, Louie Mark Roderick Stewart, on May 12 this year.
The couple are also engaged; I wonder who will sing at the wedding?
Even though he’s made a living playing ice hockey, his first love was actually football.
Liam told ITV in 2019, when asked if his old man would be coming to watch him play for the Lightning anytime soon: “Obviously he’s interested because I play now, but I grew up playing football.
“I was going between both and I you could say I kinda came to a point in my life where I had to choose because I couldn’t keep doing both and I guess I just chose hockey and it’s worked out so far.
“When he’s not touring he tries to keep up with my career.
“He emails me here and there but he’s a pretty busy guy so if he can come down and watch me he will but he does keep in contact a lot.”
Ice hockey has taken Liam on quite the world tour too, including New Zealand, joining Skycity Stampede.
That’s where a friend approached him about coming back to play in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the UK.
In addition to playing for the Lightning, Liam has turned out for the Spokane Chiefs and the Alaska Aces in the US and the Guildford Flames and Coventry Blaze in England.
Liam like his dad is a Celtic supporter but only made it to his first live game in December 2021 for the Europa League fixture against Real Betis. The Hoops won 3-2 on the night.
He said: “Finally a game fell on a day that I could make it. What a time it was.”
Liam is also a keen Scotland supporter despite having spent much of his life outside of the country, attending the famous 3-2 win over Israel in November 2021.
For now he’s currently enjoying life as a dad, with he and partner Nicole taking in trips to Marbella and Croatia with their son.
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