Willie McLean (footballer, born 1935)

Willie McLean
Personal information
Date of birth	2 April 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth	Ashgill, Scotland
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
–1956	Larkhall Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956	Hamilton Academical (trialist)
1956–1958	Airdrieonians
1958–1960	Sheffield Wednesday
1960–1961	Alloa Athletic
1961–1962	Queen of the South
1962–1964	Clyde
1964–1965	Alloa Athletic
1965–1968	Raith Rovers
Total
Managerial career
1973–1975	Queen of the South
1975–1978	Motherwell
1978–1979	Raith Rovers
1979–1983	Ayr United
1984–1985	Greenock Morton
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie McLean (born 2 April 1935) is a Scottish former association footballer and manager.^[1] He managed two of the clubs he had played for, Queen of the South and Raith Rovers.

Brothers

Willie is the elder brother of Jim McLean and Tommy McLean, who also played and managed for senior Scottish clubs.

Queen of the South

McLean was part of the 1961/62 George Farm managed Queen of the South side that won promotion to the top division of Scottish football. As well as player/manager Farm, McLean was a teammate of Neil Martin, Jim Patterson and Iain McChesney.^[2]

McLean returned to Dumfries in the 1970s, this time as manager. In 1975 his second-place finish was only denied promotion to the top division of Scottish football by league reconstruction.^[3] He left Palmerston Park that summer and was replaced by Mike Jackson.