| George McCallum | |
| Fullname: | George Thomson McCallum |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Stirling, Scotland |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Stirling, Scotland[2] |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Camelon Juniors |
| Years2: | 1958–1962 |
| Clubs2: | Third Lanark |
| Caps2: | 41 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1959 |
| Nationalteam1: | SFL trial v SFA |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
George Thomson McCallum (24 August 1935 – 18 March 2022)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark as a centre half.
In his short career, which only began at senior level after he undertook his National Service,[3] he showed sufficient promise to be selected for a trial match between a Scottish Football League XI team and a Scottish Football Association team in March 1959,[4] and in October of that year played in the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final, a 2–1 defeat for Thirds against Heart of Midlothian, in which he acknowledged culpability for the winning goal.[3] [5] Four days later, in a Scottish Football League fixture between the same teams rearranged to accommodate the cup final,[6] he suffered a knee injury which halted his progress and ultimately forced him to quit the game by 1962.[3] [7]
He later worked manufacturing thermal insulation,[3] and attended numerous events remembering Third Lanark (the club, which had finished 3rd in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One table, went defunct in 1967).[8] [9]