Personal Life
Black's father, also named Ian, was a professional footballer who also played for Hearts and city rivals Hibernian. Peter Black, Ian's grandfather, was also footballer; he is the only one in the family to be a keeper.
On 17 May 2011, it was extensively reported that Black, along with his Hearts team mate Robert Ogleby, had been arrested and charged with possession of a class A drug in an Edinburgh night club. On 17 February 2012 the case was dismissed due to failure of witnesses to attend court. It was the seventh time the case has been called.
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