People

Throughout the history of Scots football, be it at home or abroad, there have been personalities that have shone, whether it was because they were there for the important moment, for their skill on the pitch or their organisational or tactical contributions or for several, even all of the above. Here are just some of them:

Charles Adam

James Adam

Jimmy Adams

Bill Agnew

Andy Aitken

Ralph Aitken

Robert Aitken

Davie Allan

James Allan

Bobby Ancell

Fred Anderson

George Anderson

John Anderson

Harry Anderson

Kenny Anderson

Peter Andrew(s)

Wattie Arnott

Andy Auld

Johnnie Auld

Andrew Baird

Jack C. Baird

Samuel Baird

Alick Barbour

Jack (& Lawrence) Bell

Frank Barrett

Dyke and Willie Berry

Johnny Blair

Willie Blair

Jimmy Bowie

Tom Bradshaw

Alex Brady

Tom Brandon

Andy Brown

Bob Brown

Davey Brown

George Brown

Jim Brown

The Brown Brothers

Robert "Plumber" Brown

Robert "Sparrow" Brown

Johnny Browning Snr.

Bobby Bruce

Dan Bruce

Jock Buchanan

Bob Buchanan

Gordon Burness

Colin Bain Calder

Davie Calderhead

Robert Calderwood

John Caldwell

John Cameron

Jock Cameron

Charles Campbell

Harry Campbell

Jimmy "Bummer" Campbell

Kenny Campbell

Peter Campbell (Gareloch)

Peter Campbell (Greenock}

Robert Campbell

Stewart Chalmers

George Chaplin

Harry Chatton

David Scott, Andrew Gemmell and Robert Reid

Alex Cheyne

Robert and Alexander Christie

William Clark Jnr.

Neil Clarke

Willie Clunas

George Cochran

Donald Colman

Jimmy Connor

Willie Cook

Jimmy (& John) Cowan

Willie Cowan

Allan Craig

Alex Craig  

Jimmy Crapnell

David Crawford

Jimmy Crawford

Frank Crawley

Jimmy Croal

Andy Cunningham

John Currie

David Danskin

Davie Davidson

Geo Davidson

Johnny Deakin

Geordie Dewar

John Dick  

 Matt Dickie

Ned Doig

Alex Donaldson

Tommy Donohoe

Jimmy Douglas

Peter Dowds

Dan Doyle

Mick Dunbar

 Billy Dunlop

James "Daddy" Dunlop

Jimmy Dunn

David Ferguson

John Ferguson

Jock Ferguson

Bob Findlay

Bob Fleming

Jimmy Fleming

Johnny Forbes

Eadie Fraser

Jack Fraser

William Fulton

John "Bertie" Fyfe

Jimmy Gallagher

 Hughie Gallacher

Patsy Gallacher (Celtic)

Patsy Gallacher (Sunderland)

Dave Gardner

Robert Gardner

Andrew Gemmell

David Gibson

William Gibson

Jock Gilchrist

Bobby Gillespie

Jimmy Gillespie

Geordie Girvan

Bob Glen

Willie (and David) Gold

Malcolm Goldie

Archie Goodall

John Goodall

William Gordon

John Goudie

David L. Gould

Donald & John Gow

John Gow

Alex Graham

Dr. Daniel Gray

John (Juan) Gray

Woody Gray

Willie Groves

William Gulliland

David Haddow

Alick Hamilton

Jamie Hamilton

James Hamilton

John Hamilton

"Kiltie" Hamilton

R.C. Hamilton

Tom Hamilton

Andrew Hannah

Jimmy Hannah

Jack Harkness

John Harley

George Henderson

James Henderson

Sandy Higgins Snr.

Sandy Higgins Jnr

Davie Hill

Bobby Hogg

Thomas, William, John & James Hood

Willie Howden

Bobby Howe

Jimmy Howie

Jimmy Howieson

Archie and Andy Hunter

Dick Hunter

John "Sailor" Hunter

Alex Watson Hutton

Jamie Hutton

Jock Hutton

Tommy Hyslop

John Inglis

Andrew Jackson

Alex Jackson

Thomas Jackson

Alexander Jeffrey

Billy Johnston

Edward Farquharson Johnston

James Johnston

Bert Johnston

Jimmy Johnston

Jocky Johnstone

Leitch Keir

James Kelly

Bob Kelso

Tom Kelso

Joe Kennaway

Jack Kennedy

Sandy Kennedy

Geordie Ker

William Ker

Findlay Kerr

George Key

Willie Key

Willie King  

Lord Arthur Kinnaird

Davie Kinnear

John Lambie

 Willie Lambie

Alex Lamont

Willie Lamont

Archie Lang

"Reddie" Lang

Alex Latta

Jimmy Lawrence

Denis Lawson

John Lawson

Robert Leckie

 James Lennox

Arnot Leslie

William Murray Leslie

David Lindsay

Billy and Jimmy Lindsay

John Lindsay

Joe Lindsay

Geordie Livingston

Alex Lochhead

Tom Logan

Plum Longair

Andy Love

Alexander Love

James Love

Wilfy Low

Jack Lyall

James McAdam

Jimmy McAulay

John McAulay

Eddie McBain

Archie McCall

James McCall

 Neilly McCallum

John McCartney

Bob McColl

Hugh MacColl

Will McColl

Andy McCombie

Robbie McCormick

David (and James) McCrae

Dr. John MacDonald

Roderick McDonald

Jimmy McDougall

John McDougall

Duncan McFarlane

Roddy McEachrane

Rab McFarlane

Tommy McFarlane

Alex McGeoch

John McGregor

William McGregor

Johnny "Jack" McGuire

Hugh McHardy

Tom McInally

Andy McIntyre

William Alexander Mackay

"Doctor" McKee

Donald McKinlay

Billy Mackinnon

Willie Mckinnon

Adam McLean 

Archie McLean

Duncan McLean

Sandy McLaren

John McLeod

Sandy McLintock

John McMenemy

James McMillan

Tom McMillan

Alex McNab

Colin MacNab

Jock McNab(b)

Harry McNeil

 Peter McNeil

Moses McNeil

Bob McPhail

Arthur McPherson

Jack McPherson

John MacPherson b Dingwall

John "Kitey" McPherson

Robert McPherson

Matt McQueen

Stuart MacRae

Dan McRorie

Peter McWilliam

Johnny Madden

Willy Maley

The Maleys

 Johnny Marshall

Jack Marshall

Christie Martin

The Mauchans

Bob Millar

Charles Miller

Peter Miller

Willie MIlls

Jackie Milne

Robert Milne

Davie Mitchell

James Mitchell

Johnny Miller

Robert Milne

Hughie Morgan

Thomas Morrison

Jimmy Montgomerie

William Moore

Bobby Morrison

Hugh Morton

Johnny Moscardini

Alex Munro

Neil Munro

John Murray

 Johnny Murray

Robert Neill

Jimmy Nelson

Tom Niblo

Joe Nibloe

Jimmy Niven

Shamus O'Brien

Jimmy Orr

John Campbell Orr

Ronald Orr

Jimmy (& John) Oswald

Robert Parlane

Jock Paterson

Bobby Paton

Dan Paton

Michael Paton

John Patrick

George Pattullo

Willie Paul (Partick)

Willie Paul (Paisley)

James Phillips

John Ponsonby

James Princep

Charlie Pringle

Alex Rae

Robert Raeburn

Alex Raisbeck

George Ramsay

Bobby Rankin

Gil Rankin

David Reid

Harry Rennie

Alex Rhind

Henry Ritchie

John (& Duncan & William) Ritchie

George Robertson (Killy)

Geordie Robertson (Clackmannan)

Jimmy Robertson

Jacky Robertson

William Robertson

The Ross Brothers, Nick & Jimmy

 Archie Rowan

Billy Sawers

 Peter Scarff

Bill Shankly

Jimmy Sharp

Frank Shaw

The Shields

Thomas "Tod" Sloan

Alex Smith

James Smith

Jock Smith

Nichol Smith

Robert Smith

Finlay Speedie

James Squair & Jack Diment

Archie & Tommy Stark

Jimmy Stark

Alex Steel

Tommy Steel

George Stevenson

Allan Stewart

Andy and Davie Stewart

Duncan Stewart

Willie Stewart

James Strang

Fergus Suter

Willie Summers

 Scott Symon

Jack Taylor

Bobby Templeton

Andy Thomson

Bertie Thomson

Charlie Thomson (Pollokshields)

James Thomson

"Napper" Thomson

Willie Thomson (Dundee)

Willie Thomson (Cardross)

The Turners

Thomas Turner

Willy Turner

Tom and Alex Vallance

Tom Waddell

George Walker

"Jap" Walker

Andrew Watson

James Watson

Willie Watt

James "Jerry" Weir

John Weir

 Andy Whitelaw

Davie Wilson

Hugh Wilson

Hughie Wilson

Jim Wilson

William Wilton

David Wotherspoon

"Sunny" Jim Young

 

There have even been a few, Scots and disciples of the Scottish game, whose influence, whether direct or through their footballing philosophy, has been so repeated and widespread that they both justify and deserve a trail of the their own:

The McWilliam Legacy

The Hogan Legacy

The Cameron Legacy

The Pentland Legacy

 

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