Angus McLean (footballer)

Angus McLean
Personal information
Full name Angus McLean
Date of birth 20 September 1925(1925-09-20)
Place of birth South Queensferry, Scotland
Date of death 1979
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Aberystwyth Town
-1939 Hilton Main
1939-1951 Wolverhampton Wanderers 144 (2)
1951-? Aberystwyth Town
?-1953 Bromsgrove Rovers
1953-1954 Bury 12 (0)
1954-1955 Crewe Alexandra 17 (0)
Teams managed
1951-? Aberystwyth Town
1967-1970 Hartlepool
1973-1975 Bromsgrove Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Angus McLean (20 September 1925 – 1979) was a football player and club manager.

A solidly built centre-half who began his career with Aberystwyth Town, McLean moved on to Hilton Main before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers as an amateur in 1939.

He turned professional in November 1942 and helped Wolves to top six finishes in each of the first three post-war seasons. A knee injury kept him out of the team for most of the 1948-49 season and so he missed out on an a place in Wolves' 1949 FA Cup winning side.

McLean left Wolves in May 1951 to become player-manager at Aberystwyth Town, subsequently joining Bromsgrove Rovers as a player. In May 1953, McLean joined Bury as player-coach, moving to Crewe Alexandra as a player the following June.

After leaving Crewe he coached a number of non-league sides before taking over from Brian Clough as manager of Hartlepools United in May 1967. The following season, he led Hartlepool to their first ever promotion, but they were relegated after just one season. Despite relegation, McLean remained in charge, but was sacked in April 1970 when Hartlepool finished in the bottom four and were forced to seek re-election to the Football League.

McLean managed Bromsgrove Rovers between 1973 and 1975, after which time he worked as a scout until his death in 1979.

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