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George
McLean
1963 — 1967
125
Appearances
88
Goals
0.7
Goals/game
117
Competitive apps
George McLean
Biography

Rangers signed George back in 1963, a then Scottish transfer record fee of £26,500 securing his services from St.Mirren.
He had played well for Saints against Rangers in the Scottish Cup Final that previous season despite finishing with a runners up medal.
George’s Rangers debut came on March 9th when Rangers defeated Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 at Ibrox. 11 days later he found the net for the first time, a Scottish Cup goal in the 7-2 rout of East Stirling.
George could play at wing-half or inside forward but it was as a striker along side Jim Forrest that ‘Dandy’ was arguably at his brilliant best. In the two and a half seasons leading up to the Scottish Cup defeat by Berwick in 1967, McLean and Forrest had scored 170 goals in 193 appearances between them but yet they still paid the price for that shock defeat.
By April 1967 George had been sold to Dundee with Andy Penman making the opposite move to Glasgow.
In all, George scored 82 times in 116 appearances for the Club whilst winning 1 League Championship and 2 Scottish Cups. He was also capped once by Scotland.

by Rick Plews

Debut & last match
Competitive debut
Dunfermline Athletic v Rangers 1-2 9 March 1963
First team debut (all)
Dunfermline Athletic v Rangers 9 March 1963
Last competitive
Berwick Rangers v Rangers 28 January 1967
Last match (all)
Stoke City v Rangers 15 February 1967
Season by season
Goals & appearances per season
Player details
Date of birth16 September 1937 Paisley, Scotland
Signed23/1/1963
Signed from1963 from St Mirren
Left05/4/1967
Left to join1967 to Dundee Utd
Career statistics
CompetitionStartsSubGoals
League69049
League Cup28024
Scottish Cup1408
Europe602
Other805
Competitive total117083
Honours & medals
League 1 x 1963-64, Scottish Cup 2 x 1964, 1966
Archive footage
▶ Video 1
▶ Video 2
▶ Video 3
Data & analytics
Career breakdown
Interactive stats, click to explore
Overall strike rate
70%
88 goals in 125 games
League strike rate
71%
49 goals in 69 games
European strike rate
33%
2 goals in 6 games
D3 donut · Goals by competition
Goal distribution
Chart.js · Appearances by competition
Appearances split
Goal milestones
First & last goals
First goal
Rangers v East Stirling 1963-03-20
Last goal
Aberdeen v Rangers 1967-01-18
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