Jim McLean - Early Life

Early Life

Jim McLean was born into a working-class family in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire in 1937, and grew up in the nearby village of Ashgill. He served his time as an apprentice joiner, a career he pursued part-time while playing league football, not unusual amongst footballers in the 1950s and 1960s.

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