George McCallum (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Thomson McCallum | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 March 2022 (aged 86)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Stirling, Scotland[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Camelon Juniors | ||
| 1958–1962 | Third Lanark | 41 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1959 | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Thomson McCallum (24 August 1935 – 18 March 2022)[3] was a Scottish 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,[3] 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,[4] 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.[3][5] Four days later, in a Scottish Football League fixture between the same teams rearranged to accommodate the cup final,[6] he suffered a knee injury which halted his progress and ultimately forced him to quit the game by 1962.[3][7]
He later worked manufacturing thermal insulation,[3] 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).[8][9]
