Gordon Wallace (Scottish footballer)

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Gordon Wallace
Personal information
Full name George Gordon Wallace
Date of birth June 20, 1943 (1943-06-20) (age 64)
Place of birth    Dundee, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Dundee
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*



1976
1976-1978
1978		 Montrose
Raith Rovers
Dundee
Seattle Sounders
Dundee United
Seattle Sounders


21 (12)
39 (16)
24 0(4)   
Teams managed
1978-1983
1989-1991		 Raith Rovers
Dundee

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 01:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Gordon Wallace (born June 20, 1943 in Dundee) is a former Scottish professional footballer who was a record-setting goal-scorer in the Scottish league. He was named Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year for 1967-68. Wallace is currently director of youth football for Dundee F.C..

A native of Dundee, Wallace began his career in 1961 with Montrose. He went on to play for Raith Rovers, Dundee, and Dundee United. He also played in the NASL for two seasons with the Seattle Sounders, 1976 and 1978.

Wallace once held the Scottish record of 264 league career goals scored, a tally since passed by Ally McCoist. He scored 30 in 1967-68 to be awarded footballer of the year by the Scottish press, the first non Old Firm player to win the award. Despite this achievement Wallace was never capped for Scotland. He followed his playing days by going into coaching and management of a number of Scottish clubs, including Raith, Dundee and Dundee Utd, Dunfermline,Forfar,Arbroath in a career spanning 45 years in football.

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Raith Rovers F.C. – Managers

Herdman (1945–61) • Shaw (1961–62) • Conn (1963–64) • Cowie (1963–64) • Farm (1964–67) • Walker (1967–69) • Millar (1969–70) • Baxter (1970–71) • Farm (1971–74) • Paton (1974–75) • Matthew (1975–78) • W.McLean (1978–79) • Wallace (1979–83) • Wilson (1983–86) • Connor (1986–90) • Nicholl (1990–96) • Thomson (1996) • T.McLean (1996) • Munro (1996–97) • Nicholl (1997–99) • McVeigh (1999) • Hetherston (1999–2001) • Scott (2001–02) • Calderon (2002–04) • Anelka (2004) • Dalziel (2004–06) • Levein (2006) • McGlynn (2006–)
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Dundee F.C. – Managers

MacFarlane (1928) • Bisset (1928–33) • McCandless (1933–37) • Cunningham (1937–40) • Anderson (1944–54) • Thornton (1954–59) • Shankly (1959–65) • Kean (1965c) • Ancell (1965–68) • Prentice (1968–72) • White (1972–77) • Gemmell (1977–80) • Mackay (1980–84) • Knox (1984–86) • Scott (1986–88) • Smith (1988–89) • Wallace (1989–91) • Blackley (1991c) • Munro (1991–92) • Stainrod (1992–93) • Duffy (1993–96) • McCormack (1997–98) • Scott (1998–2000) • Bonetti (2000–02) • Duffy (2002–05) • Kernaghan (2005–06) • Rae (2006–)

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