Ian McCallum (born 1944) is a formerrugby union player. From 1970 to 1974, he played 11 matches asfullback for theSpringboks, the South African national rugby union team.^[1]

After his playing career, he became apsychiatrist, author andwilderness guide, and co-founder of the Wilderness Leadership School in theWestern Cape,South Africa.^[2]

McCallum played provincial rugby forWestern Province from 1968 until 1972.^[3] He then moved to Natal and though he never played forNatal, he was selected for South Africa during the 1974 season.^[4]

McCallum's firsttest for the Springboks was in 1970 against theNew Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. He played in all four tests in the 1970 series against thetouring All Blacks. He also played in the test series againstFrance andAustralia in 1971 and against theBritish Lions in 1974. Both he and his brother,Roy, were in the Springbok team for the first Test against the British Lions at Newlands in 1974. McCallum played a further six tour matches, scoring seventy-two points for the Springboks.^[5]

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Points	Date	Venue
1.	New Zealand	17–6	Fullback	8(1 conversion, 2 penalties)	25 July 1970	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2.	New Zealand	8–9	Fullback	5(1 conversion, 1 penalties)	8 August 1970	Newlands, Cape Town
3.	New Zealand	14–3	Fullback	8(1 conversion, 2 penalties)	29 August 1970	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
4.	New Zealand	20–17	Fullback	14(1 conversion, 4 penalties)	12 September 1970	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
5.	France	22–9	Fullback	13(2 conversion, 3 penalties)	12 June 1971	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
6.	France	8–8	Fullback	2(1 conversion)	19 June 1971	Kings Park, Durban
7.	Australia	19–11	Fullback	7(2 conversion, 1 penalties)	17 July 1971	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
8.	Australia	14–6	Fullback	5(1 conversion, 1 penalties)	31 July 1971	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
9.	Australia	18–6	Fullback		7 August 1971	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
10.	British Lions	3–12	Fullback		8 June 1974	Newlands, Cape Town
11.	British Lions	9–28	Fullback		22 June 1974	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no.443

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ian McCallum".South African Rugby Union. Retrieved29 June 2017.

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