Playing Career
In 1956, he started his football career with Hamilton Academical as an inside forward, making over 125 league appearances before leaving 1960 to join Clyde. McLean spent a similar length of time with The Bully Wee, and had featured in over 100 league games before joining Dundee in 1965. McLean's debut for Dundee came in the Dundee derby at Dens Park on 11 September 1965 when Dundee suffered their heaviest ever defeat (5–0) to rivals Dundee United. After just under 100 league games, McLean moved on to his final club, Kilmarnock, where he played until 1970. Although never achieving the same playing success as his brother Tommy, he made a total of 474 appearances, scoring 170 times. He retired from his playing career in 1970, returning to Dundee as a coach in July of that year.
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