Background
McCloy, the son of a former professional football player who had played for Street Mirren, joined Motherwell from Crosshill Thistle in 1964.
McCloy, the son of a former professional football player who had played for Street Mirren, joined Motherwell from Crosshill Thistle in 1964.
He stayed there for six season before joining Rangers in a player exchange deal in 1970. At Ibrox he was nicknamed "The Girvan Lighthouse", due to his birthplace and the fact he stood at 6" 4" tall. He played under three different Rangers managers: Willie Waddell, Jock Wallace (in both of his spells as manager), and John Greig.
He was one of only five players who featured in every match of the latter campaign, alongside Sandy Jardine, Willie Mathieson, Alex MacDonald and Colin Stein.
He made 535 appearances in all competitions for Rangers, and played for Scotland on four occasions. After retiring as a player in 1986, McCloy went into coaching, firstly during Graeme Souness" spell as Rangers manager, until 1988.
He went on to work with a number of clubs and goalkeepers including Andy Goram and Jim Leighton. McCloy is also a keen golfer and has represented Scotland at amateur level
He was a member of the Rangers team which won the 1972 Cup Winners Cup, and was Rangers" first-choice goalkeeper for most of his 16-year spell at the club despite competition from players such as Gerhardt Neef and Stewart Kennedy and Jim Stewart. He won multiple honours in his Rangers career: two Scottish League titles, four Scottish League Cups, four Scottish Cups and Rangers" only ever European trophy, the 1972 Union of European Football Associations Cup Winners Cup. He was on the bench for Hearts for both legs of their 1988-1989 Union of European Football Associations Cup tie against Bayern Munich.
