George McCallum
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1935 (age 86–87) | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Camelon Juniors | ||
| 1958–1962 | Third Lanark | 41 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1959 | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
George McCallum (born 1935)[1] is a Scottish former footballer who played for Third Lanark as a centre half.
In his short career, which only began at senior level after he undertook his National Service,[1] he showed sufficient promise to be selected for a trial match between a Scottish Football League XI team and a Scottish Football Association team in March 1959,[2] and in October of that year played in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, a 2–1 defeat for Thirds against Heart of Midlothian, in which he acknowledged culpability for the winning goal.[1][3] Four days later, in a Scottish Football League fixture between the same teams rearranged to accommodate the cup final,[4] he suffered a knee injury which halted his progress and ultimately forced him to quit the game by 1962.[1][5]
He later worked manufacturing thermal insulation,[1] and attended numerous events remembering Third Lanark (the club, which had finished 3rd in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One table, went defunct in 1967).[6][7]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Digging up spuds before Final didn't do the trick for Mac, The Sunday Post, via PressReader
- ^ The selectors still have problems, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
- ^ Third's Defence Strive Nobly But In Vain, The Glasgow Herald, 26 October 1959
- ^ Wed 28 Oct 1959 19:30 | Hearts 6 Third Lanark 2, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Third Lanark meeting marks 45th Anniversary, SPFL, 16 March 2012
- ^ George McCallum, George Cavanagh, Flickr, 30 June 2007
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