For the Dumbarton, Kilmarnock and Raith Rovers player, see Ally MacLeod (footballer, born 1960). For the St Mirren and Hibernian player, see Ally McLeod.
Ally MacLeod
MacLeod in 1949
Personal information
Full name
Alistair Reid MacLeod[1]
Date of birth
(1931-02-26)26 February 1931
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death
1 February 2004(2004-02-01) (aged 72)
Place of death
Ayr, Scotland
Position(s)
Left wing
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1949–1955
Third Lanark
112
(17)
1955–1956
St Mirren
22
(3)
1956–1961
Blackburn Rovers
193
(47)
1961–1963
Hibernian
52
(6)
1963–1964
Third Lanark
24
(1)
1964–1965
Ayr United
17
(0)
Total
420
(80)
Managerial career
1966–1975
Ayr United
1975–1977
Aberdeen
1977–1978
Scotland
1978
Ayr United
1979–1981
Motherwell
1984–1985
Airdrieonians
1986–1989
Ayr United
1991–1992
Queen of the South
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alistair Reid MacLeod (26 February 1931 – 1 February 2004) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known for his time as the Scotland national football team manager, including their appearance at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. MacLeod played as a left winger for Third Lanark (two spells), St Mirren, Blackburn Rovers, Hibernian and Ayr United. He then managed Ayr United (three spells), Aberdeen, Scotland, Motherwell, Airdrieonians and Queen of the South.
^"Ally MacLeod". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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1895. He was the son of Captain John Brienen MacLeod (a descendant of the Gesto branch of the MacLeods of Skye, hence his Scottish surname) and Dina...
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which was watched by a delegation from Aberdeen, including then manager AllyMacLeod, McLeish signed for the Pittodrie club the following day. McLeish spent...
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World Cup with only 21 players. Head coach: Marcos Calderón Manager: AllyMacLeod Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams...
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and defeated eventual runners-up Netherlands 3–2, which meant that AllyMacLeod's team exited the competition after the first round. Hartford's international...
appointed AllyMacLeod in May 1977 with qualification for the 1978 World Cup far from assured. Hopes were raised when, within a month of MacLeod's appointment...
Scotsman. Retrieved 27 October 2014. Mullen, Scott (18 October 2015). "AllyMacLeod one of five inducted into Scottish Football Hall of Fame". Evening Times...
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place of Henning Boel, and by 1975 had been made captain by manager AllyMacLeod. Miller's central defensive partnership with Alex McLeish was integral...
League. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Mullen, Scott (18 October 2015). "AllyMacLeod one of five inducted into Scottish Football Hall of Fame". Evening Times...