Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue, Huddersfield Town and Fo

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue, Huddersfield Town and Forfar Athletic.His club were relegated in his first season but George stayed at Horton Park Avenue becoming one of their legendary players, scoring over a century of league goals and guiding the club to the Division Three North title in 1928.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Active in both Scotland an

Is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Active in both Scotland and England, Meek made nearly 400 league appearances in a career which lasted from 1951 to 1965, scoring nearly 50 goals. Meek began his career with Junior side Thorniewood United. After turning professional in 1951, Meek played for Hamilton Academical, Leeds United, Walsall and Leicester City, before playing non-league football with Dudley Town.

Was a Scottish musician, best known for having devised the long-running Black and White Minstrel Sho

Was a Scottish musician, best known for having devised the long-running Black and White Minstrel Show.He was born in Falkirk, Scotland[1]. Mitchell's grandfather was well-known Scottish choir master John Laing, and both of his parents were amateur singers

As a Scottish footballer and manager.He played as outside left who played at Aberdeen and Sunderland

As a Scottish footballer and manager.He played as outside left who played at Aberdeen and Sunderland and was capped three times for Scotland before he became a manager for Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers and Halifax Town.Two of George Mulhall's elder brothers had forged professional careers with Falkirk and Albion Rovers by the time he signed for Aberdeen on his 17th birthday.[1] He had played at Denny YMCA and Kilsyth Rangers before moving to Pittodrie. He was limited to 110 games for Aberdeen, scoring 30 goals, but he helped the club to become Scottish League Division One runners-up in 1955–56 and the Scottish League Cup the same season.

Was a Scottish football player. He played as an inside forward. Mutch started his Manchester United

Was a Scottish football player. He played as an inside forward. Mutch started his Manchester United career in 1934. He played for United for four years, scoring 49 goals. After leaving, he went to Preston North End, where he helped the club win the 1938 FA Cup Final, the first to be shown on television. In the last minute of extra time, Mutch was fouled. He scored the resulting penalty kick, which rebounded from the underside of the bar, to win the match for Preston North End.[1]

Was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager.Well-built, Farm possessed a distinctive

Was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager.Well-built, Farm possessed a distinctive way of holding the ball, preferring to catch it with one hand above and one below, as opposed to the more orthodox style of one hand on either side of the ball. He was a perfectionist, and could often be seen practicing long after his teammates had left.

Was a Scottish professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Manchester United, Brighton

Was a Scottish professional football (soccer) player. His clubs included Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham. He made over 100 Football League appearances.

Was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.Niven

Was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.Niven was signed to Rangers from junior side Coupar Angus in 1951 by manager Bill Struth. He made his debut against Aberdeen on 19 April, 1952 in the final league match of the season, the match ended 1-1.

Was a Scottish-American soccer forward. He began his career in Scotland, playing with eight clubs ov

Was a Scottish-American soccer forward. He began his career in Scotland, playing with eight clubs over nine seasons before moving to the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League. He retired from playing professionally in 1976. In 1973, he earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played more than 400 games for league clubs Stoke City, B

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played more than 400 games for league clubs Stoke City, Bradford City and Darlington.Mulholland signed for Stoke City as an amateur during the 1949–50 season initially as a forward. He became a full-time professional in July 1950 but made only three league appearances in three years and was signed by Bradford City manager Ivor Powell on a free transfer in July 1953.

Was a Scottish footballer. He played for Corby Town, Northampton Town, Cambridge United, Watford, Ne

Was a Scottish footballer. He played for Corby Town, Northampton Town, Cambridge United, Watford, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion. Reilly scored the winning goal for Watford against Plymouth Argyle in the 1984 FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park and played in the 1984 FA Cup Final itself. In 2003, nearly 20 years later, Reilly was working as a bricklayer on a building site in Corby when he was attacked by another worker who bit part of his right ear off, before whispering "Plymouth" in his other ear by way of explanation.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Clyde in the Scottish Football League and for

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Clyde in the Scottish Football League and for Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham in the English Football League.

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a Full back in the Football League during the 1960s an

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a Full back in the Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with Preston North End.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Dundee & Huddersfield Town.

Was a former professional footballer, who played for Dundee & Huddersfield Town.

Is a former Scottish cricketer and football referee.A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fa

Is a former Scottish cricketer and football referee.A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Salmond's top-score was 181 in a 1996 three-day match against Ireland, smashing his previous two records from the corresponding fixture in 1992,

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played at either half-back or inside-forward for various

Was a Scottish professional footballer who played at either half-back or inside-forward for various clubs in Scotland and England around the turn of the twentieth century. Spence was born in Rothesay[1] on the Isle of Bute and started his football career on the Scottish mainland with St. Mirren, before moving to England in 1897.

Was a Scottish association football player, who played as a goalkeeper for Petershill Juniors, Raith

Was a Scottish association football player, who played as a goalkeeper for Petershill Juniors, Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion, Montrose and Bradford City. Stewart started his career with junior side Petershill. He was capped by the Scotland junior select team while with the club. He joined the senior game when he signed for Raith Rovers in 1952. He made 68 appearances in the Scottish Football League for three different clubs in seven seasons, before moving to England to join Bradford City in 1959.

Was the only Scot in the Great Britain and Ireland water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer

Was the only Scot in the Great Britain and Ireland water polo team that won gold in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics.He played as a back for the Inverness Amateurs team that won the Scottish Championship in 1909 and reached four other finals; Cornet represented Scotland a total of 17 times between 1897 and 1912.

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a centre-forward.He joined Rangers from S

Is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a centre-forward.He joined Rangers from St. Mirren in 1962 for a then-Scottish-record fee of £27,500. He remained at Ibrox for five years, winning the league championship four times in five years, including the treble in 1964. He played for Dundee F.C., Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Ayr United F.C. and Hamilton Academical F.C. before retiring through injury in 1976.

Was a Scottish football player. His regular position was at inside-forward.Livingstone was born in D

Was a Scottish football player. His regular position was at inside-forward.Livingstone was born in Dumbarton and started his career with Sinclair Swifts. He then moved to Artizan Thistle and Parkhead, before moving to Heart of Midlothian F.C. in the Scottish league. In 1900, he joined Sunderland, but he only played there for a season before moving to Celtic.

Was usually known as Udny Yule, and was a Scottish statistician, born at Beech Hill near Haddington,

Was usually known as Udny Yule, and was a Scottish statistician, born at Beech Hill near Haddington, Scotland and died in Cambridge, England. His father, also George Udny Yule, and a nephew, were knighted. His uncle was the noted orientalist, Sir Henry Yu

Was a pioneering Scottish photographer.After studying art in Edinburgh and London, Wilson returned t

Was a pioneering Scottish photographer.After studying art in Edinburgh and London, Wilson returned to his native city of Aberdeen in 1849 and established a business as a portrait miniaturist catering to the wealthy families of the North East of Scotland. After some years of mediocre success, Wilson ventured into portrait photography in 1852 setting a portrait studio with John Hay in 25 Crown Street in Aberdeen.

Was a Scottish Guardsman, B.A.O.R. cruiserweight boxing champion, and professional football player a

Was a Scottish Guardsman, B.A.O.R. cruiserweight boxing champion, and professional football player and manager. He played in the 1948 FA Cup Final for Blackpool against Manchester United. Dick began his professional career in 1946 with Blackpool. He made his debut for the club in their tenth league game of the 1946–47 campaign, against Arsenal at Bloomfield Road on 5 October 1946.

Was a Scottish first-class cricketer. A right arm paceman from Aberdeen, only Douglas Barr and Jimmy

Was a Scottish first-class cricketer. A right arm paceman from Aberdeen, only Douglas Barr and Jimmy Allan have taken more wickets for Scotland.

A Scottish former football goalkeeper.He started his career at East Stirling, moving to Blackpool in

A Scottish former football goalkeeper.He started his career at East Stirling, moving to Blackpool in 1972, for £10,000, as cover for John Burridge. After spending time in the Reserves, Wood made his debut on April 15, 1972, in a 2-0 home victory over Oxford United. He then spent the next four years jostling for the No. 1 jersey with Burridge, eventually establishing himself in 1975-76.[1]