Scottish footballer, manager, and director (1937–2020)
For other people with the same name, see James McLean.
Jim McLean
Personal information
Full name
James Yuille McLean
Date of birth
(1937-08-02)2 August 1937
Place of birth
Larkhall, Scotland
Date of death
26 December 2020(2020-12-26) (aged 83)
Position(s)
Inside forward
Youth career
Larkhall Thistle
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1956–1960
Hamilton Academical
129
(57)
1960–1965
Clyde
102
(32)
1965–1968
Dundee
90
(28)
1968–1970
Kilmarnock
56
(7)
Total
377
(124)
Managerial career
1971–1993
Dundee United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
James Yuille McLean (2 August 1937 – 26 December 2020) was a Scottish football player, manager and director.[1] He managed Dundee United between 1971 and 1993, becoming the longest-serving and most successful manager in the club's history, winning three major honours. He was also part-time assistant manager to Jock Stein with the Scotland national team.
He led Dundee United to their only Scottish Football League title in 1982–83, following Scottish League Cup wins in 1979 and 1980. Under McLean, the club also lost in a further eight domestic cup finals. In European football, McLean's Dundee United reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1984 and the UEFA Cup final in 1987. He became a Dundee United director in 1984 and served as chairman between 1988 and 2000, when he resigned after punching a reporter. His involvement with the club finally ended in 2002 when he sold his majority shareholding.
His playing career included spells with Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Dundee and Kilmarnock as an inside forward. He was a member of a prominent footballing family; his brothers Tommy and Willie were also successful as players and managers.
McLean's achievements saw him win the first ever SFWA Manager of the Year award in 1987. He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
^Mason, Peter (27 December 2020). "Jim McLean obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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