Eric Caldow

Eric Caldow
Caldow (right) as Rangers captain prior to a European fixture against Sparta Rotterdam, 1960
Personal information
Full name Eric Caldow[1]
Date of birth (1934-05-14)14 May 1934
Place of birth Cumnock, Scotland
Date of death 4 March 2019(2019-03-04) (aged 84)
Place of death Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Glenpark Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Muirkirk
1952–1966 Rangers 265 (17)
1966–1967 Stirling Albion 25 (1)
1968–1969 Corby Town
International career
1955–1957[2] Scotland U23 2 (0)
1957–1963 Scotland 40 (4)
1957–1965 Scottish League XI 14 (1)
1958–1961[3][4][5] SFA trial v SFL 4 (0)
Managerial career
1967–? Corby Town
1970–1973 Hurlford United
1973–1975 Stranraer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Caldow (14 May 1934 – 4 March 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Rangers, Stirling Albion and Scotland. Caldow played as a full back and captained both Rangers and Scotland.

  1. ^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. ^ Scotland U23 player Caldow, Eric, FitbaStats
  3. ^ Scottish trial match at Easter Road Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958
  4. ^ The selectors still have problems Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
  5. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]

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