| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1947-06-02)2 June 1947 (age 78) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ashgill, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder[1] | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1971 | Kilmarnock | 216 | (48) | |||||||||||
| 1971–1982 | Rangers | 300 | (35) | |||||||||||
| Total | 516 | (83) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1971 | Scotland | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1966–1973 | Scottish League XI | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Morton | |||||||||||||
| 1984–1994 | Motherwell | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Heart of Midlothian | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Raith Rovers | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Dundee United | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Thomas McLean Jr. (born 2 June 1947) is a Scottish former professionalfootball player andmanager. McLean played forKilmarnock,Rangers andScotland as amidfielder. He managedMorton,Motherwell,Hearts,Raith Rovers andDundee United.
McLean was born and grew up inAshgill,Lanarkshire, along with his elder brothersJim andWillie, who would also become successful players and managers.
A traditional tricky winger, McLean started his career at Kilmarnock, where at one point all three brothers were at the club together, Jim and Tommy as players and Willie as a coach. He was part of the Kilmarnock team which won the club's only league title, in1964-65.[3]
He joined Rangers in 1971 for £65,000 and was involved in the clubs famous1972 Cup Winners Cup triumph. He went on to play 452 times for Rangers,[4] winning threeLeague championships, fourScottish Cups and threeScottish League Cups.
McLean made nine appearances forScotland, all of them during his time with Kilmarnock. Three of those games were during a 1967 overseas tour that theScottish Football Association decided in October 2021 to reclassify as full internationals,[5] which increased McLean's cap tally from six to nine. He also represented theScottish League XI seven times.[6]
He was selected for theScotland under-18s at the1963 UEFA under-18 Euros in England.[2]
In October 2016 he was inducted into the Kilmarnock 'Hall of Fame' alongside other well-known former players such asJames Fowler,Ray Montgomerie andStuart McLean (no relation).[7]
After his playing career he became Rangers' assistant manager. Thereafter he had spells in management withMorton,Motherwell,Hearts,Raith Rovers andDundee United, before becoming Under-19 coach at Rangers.
McLean managed Motherwell for ten years, during which the club won the Scottish Cup in1991. Motherwell defeated Dundee United, who were managed by his brother Jim, in thecup final[8] to enterEurope for the first time in their history.[9][10] They also challenged for the1993–94 Scottish Premier Division title, eventually finishing third.[11][12][13]
His spell at Raith Rovers in 1996 was remarkable for lasting only six days and encompassing only one game; the lure of working under Jim, by then chairman of Dundee United, saw him quitStark's Park forTannadice amidst substantial acrimony.
McLean returned toRangers in May 2001 as director of youth development,[14] after he had held a similar post at Dundee United since October 2000.[15]
On 4 November 2021, it was announced that McLean was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.[16] A week later, following consultations with supporter groups, the south stand atFir Park was renamed in his honour.[17]
Tommy is married to wife Beth. Their daughter Lorna was born in 1991.
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