John Miller "Ian" McColl was a Scottish association football defender who played for Queen"s Park, Rangers and the Scotland national team
Background
Born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, the grandson of Scotland international William McColl, Ian McColl developed his footballing skills with Vale of Leven juniors while at Vale of Leven F.C. He joined Queen"s Park in 1943 when he moved to Glasgow to study engineering at the University of Glasgow.
Career
After retiring as a player, he managed the national team and Sunderland. He continued his studies after turning professional and later worked as a qualified engineer Rangers manager Bill Struth signed McColl in 1945.
He captained the club during the 1950s and was part of what was known as the Iron Curtain defence, alongside the likes of Sammy Cox, Willie Woodburn and George Young.
He made a total of 526 appearances for the Glasgow club After his playing career, he quickly went into management.
He was appointed manager of in 1960 and enjoyed a winning start, beating Northern Ireland 5–2 at Hampden Park. The team beat England 2–0 at Hampden and 2–1 at Wembley in the process.
He was in charge of for a total of 27 matches, winning 16 of them.
This gave him a winning percentage of 59.3%, the second best of any manager. McColl was appointed manager of Sunderland in 1965. Despite signing Jim Baxter, McCall was unable to make Sunderland into a successful side.
He was sacked by Sunderland in 1968 and spent the rest of his working life as a civil engineer
Player Rangers Manager.