Sam Malcolmson

Sam Malcolmson

Sam Malcolmson (born 2 April 1948 in Scotland)) was a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand. He was a capable defender who liked to attack and was very strong in the air, he was often used as a striker and scored more than 50 goals in Rothmans League.

Malcolmson played for Airdrieonians, Queen of the South and Albion Rovers in Scotland before emigrating to New Zealand in 1974.

He represented the All Whites at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain making one appearance in the tournament, against his native Scotland, in a 5-2 defeat, but did not feature for the other 2 group games against USSR and Brazil. [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html NZ 1982 World Cup] ] In doing so became the second of three players with Queen of the South among his ex-clubs to travel to the World Cup finals after George Hamilton and before Bernie Slaven. Malcolmson is the only one of the three to actually play at the finals.

Malcolmson earned 32 All Whites caps from 1976 to 1982, scoring 5 goals [ [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/goal_scoring_record.html All Whites - Goal Scoring Record] ] .

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*FIFA player|53488|Sam Malcolmson


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