Jim McCalliog

McCalliog was selected to play for Glasgow Schools, before signing as an amateur with Leeds United in May 1963. However, he remained on the books of the West Yorkshire club for just four months before joining Chelsea in September 1963. He made his senior debut on his 18th birthday in a 3–0 League Cup win at Birmingham City, but managed just seven league appearances over a two-year stay. His only goals for Chelsea came on 21 November 1964, when he scored twice at Birmingham in a 6–1 victory. However, his potential was noted and, in October 1965, he transferred to Sheffield Wednesday for a then-record fee for a teenager of £37,500. His first season at Hillsborough saw him help the club to the FA Cup Final with a goal in their 2–0 semi-final victory over Chelsea at Villa Park. He scored again in the final against Everton, with the opening goal in the fourth minute as his team took a 2–0 lead. However, Everton mounted one of the greatest comebacks in FA Cup final history, and eventually ran out 3–2 winners. After almost four seasons and 174 appearances for the Owls, McCalliog moved on to fellow top-flight side Wolverhampton Wanderers for £70,000, where he was virtual ever-present over the next three seasons. He played in the club's run to the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, scoring a vital away goal against Juventus en route. In the final, a two-legged match against Tottenham Hotspur, he scored Wolves' only goal in a 2–1 first leg defeat at home, he also captained the team in both legs, in…

McCalliog represented Scotland at schoolboy, youth and under-23 levels. On his Scotland debut he scored the third goal in Scotland's 3–2 win over 1966 FIFA World Cup winners England at Wembley. Speaking in 2014, Scotland manager Bobby Brown said that McCalliog had been the "crux" of the team. McCalliog played in five games during a 1967 overseas tour that the Scottish Football Association decided in October 2021 to reclassify as full internationals, which increased his cap tally from five to ten.

After leaving Halifax, he settled with his second wife in Yorkshire where they ran the George & Dragon pub at Wetherby. After another divorce at the end of 2005, he was running a pub in Leeds. He later took over a pub in Fenwick, Ayrshire, close to his native Glasgow but left this establishment around 2010 and now runs a bed and breakfast in Fenwick, Ayrshire with his present wife Debbie.

Sheffield Wednesday

FA Cup runner-up: 1965–66 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Texaco Cup: 1970–71 UEFA Cup runner-up: 1971–72 Southampton

FA Cup: 1975–76