Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 April 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Ashgill, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
–1956 | Larkhall Thistle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956 | Hamilton Academical (trialist) | 1 | (0) |
1956–1958 | Airdrieonians | 20 | (2) |
1958–1960 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Alloa Athletic | 34 | (18) |
1961–1962 | Queen of the South | 46 | (10) |
1962–1964 | Clyde | 20 | (1) |
1964–1965 | Alloa Athletic | 6 | (1) |
1965–1968 | Raith Rovers | 81 | (5) |
Total | 208 | (37) | |
Managerial career | |||
1973–1975 | Queen of the South | ||
1975–1978 | Motherwell | ||
1978–1979 | Raith Rovers | ||
1979–1983 | Ayr United | ||
1984–1985 | Greenock Morton | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Willie McLean (born 2 April 1935) is a Scottish former association footballer and manager.[1] He managed two of the clubs he had played for, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.
Brothers
[edit]Willie is the elder brother of Jim McLean and Tommy McLean, who also played and managed for senior Scottish clubs.
Queen of the South
[edit]McLean was part of the 1961/62 George Farm managed Queen of the South side that won promotion to the top division of Scottish football. As well as player/manager Farm, McLean was a teammate of Neil Martin, Jim Patterson and Iain McChesney.[2]
McLean returned to Dumfries in the 1970s, this time as manager. In 1975 his second-place finish was only denied promotion to the top division of Scottish football by league reconstruction.[3] He left Palmerston Park that summer and was replaced by Mike Jackson.