Don McCalman | |
Fullname: | Donald Stuart McCalman |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1935 |
Birth Place: | Greenock, Scotland |
Death Place: | Bradford, England |
Position: | Centre half |
Clubs1: | Armadale Thistle |
Years2: | 1955–1959 |
Clubs2: | Hibernian |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1959–1966 |
Clubs3: | Bradford (Park Avenue) |
Caps3: | 297 |
Goals3: | 5 |
Years4: | 1966–1967 |
Clubs4: | Barrow |
Caps4: | 13 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 310 |
Totalgoals: | 5 |
Manageryears1: | 1968 |
Managerclubs1: | Bradford (Park Avenue) |
Manageryears2: | 1969–1970 |
Managerclubs2: | Bradford (Park Avenue) |
Donald Stuart McCalman (18 October 1935 – 14 September 2017) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
Born in Greenock, McCalman played as a centre half for Armadale Thistle, Hibernian, Bradford (Park Avenue) and Barrow. He served as captain of Bradford (Park Avenue), and equalled Jack Scott's record of successive appearances for the club (at 155), a record which was later broken by Kevin Hector (166).
He served as manager of Bradford (Park Avenue) between September and December 1968, before becoming assistant to Laurie Brown. He returned as manager between 1969 and February 1970.
He lived in the Horton Bank Top area of Bradford, and died on 14 September 2017 aged 81.[1]