Eric Caldow

Caldow attended Cumnock Academy and after leaving school became an apprentice painter with Cumnock Burgh Council. He started his football career with the local Glenpark Amateurs club, then Muirkirk of the Western Junior League.

Caldow won 40 caps for Scotland, 15 of which were as captain, and he also appeared 14 times for the Scottish League XI. He won his first Scotland cap against England on 6 April 1957 in a 2–1 defeat at Wembley. Caldow played that match at right-back, which disappointed him as he had hoped to play at left-back and in direct opposition to Stanley Matthews. His next cap came in a 1958 World Cup qualifier against Spain, where he faced Real Madrid great Francisco Gento. He captained Scotland for the first time in 1961, in a British Home Championship match with Wales. He scored four penalties for Scotland; one of these clinched the 1961–62 British Home Championship, as he scored the second in a 2–0 win against England. His international career came to an end in 1963, after he suffered a broken leg in three places in a 2–1 win against England at Wembley, following a tackle from England's Bobby Smith.

After leaving Rangers, Caldow played for one season with Stirling Albion before moving south in 1967 to become player-manager of Corby Town. He returned to his native Ayrshire in 1970, to become manager of Junior side Hurlford United. In 1973, he was appointed manager of Scottish League side Stranraer, until 1975. Caldow was inducted to the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2007. He died in March 2019, aged 84.

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