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Sam Malcolmson

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Sam Malcolmson
Malcolmson in 2011
Personal information
Full name Samuel Alan Malcolmson
Date of birth (1947-04-02)2 April 1947
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death 18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 77)
Place of death Auckland, New Zealand
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969 Falmouth Town 14 (5)
1971–1972 Airdrieonians[1] 1 (0)
1972 Portadown
1972 Queen of the South[2] 8 (0)
1972–1973 Portadown
1973–1974 Albion Rovers[3] 25 (4)
1974–1975 Wellington Diamond[3]
1976–1978 Stop Out
1979 Eastern Suburbs
1981 Manurewa
1982 East Coast Bays
International career
1976–1982 New Zealand 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Alan Malcolmson (2 April 1947 – 18 September 2024) was a Scottish-born footballer who represented New Zealand internationally after he became a naturalised New Zealander in 1976. He played for teams in Cornwall, Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Career in the United Kingdom

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Malcolmson was born in Cresswell, Dumfries, Scotland, on 2 April 1947.[4] Raised in nearby Dalbeattie, he served in the Royal Navy. At 17, he represented the British Combined Services in association football and athletics.[5] Whilst stationed at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, he played 14 games (5 goals) for Falmouth Town.[5] He went on to play for Airdrieonians,[1] then the team from the town of his birth, Queen of the South,[6] and Albion Rovers in his native Scotland.[7] In Northern Ireland, he played with Portadown for two spells.[5] He then emigrated in 1974 to New Zealand.[7]

New Zealand

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Malcolmson was often used as a striker and scored more than 50 goals in New Zealand's National League, but he was also comfortable with playing defence.[8]

Malcolmson became a naturalised New Zealander on 28 July 1976,[4] and scored on his full New Zealand men's national team international debut less than two months later in a 2–0 win over Burma on 13 September.[9] He went on to represent the All Whites at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals in Spain, his sole appearance at the tournament being his last game for New Zealand in a 5–2 defeat against his native Scotland.[10][11] In doing so, he 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.[7] Including friendlies and unofficial games against club sides, Malcolmson played 32 times for his adopted country,[10] scoring 5 goals,[12] ending his international playing career with 15 official A-international caps and 2 goals to his credit.[7][13][14]

After playing

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In 2013, Malcolmson became a founding committee member of the independent group Friends of Football.[15]

Malcolmson died in Auckland on 18 September 2024, at the age of 77.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b AIRDRIE UNITED:1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  2. ^ QUEEN OF THE SOUTH : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  3. ^ a b ALBION ROVERS : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  4. ^ a b "Samuel Alan Malcolmson in the New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Vale: Football mourns the loss of 1982 All White Sam Malcolmson". Friends of Football. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ^ Queen of the South players to have been selected for World Cup Finals squad in the profile of George Hamilton
  7. ^ a b c d "World Cup Doonhamers" on www.qosfc.com
  8. ^ "All Whites legend Sam Malcolmson passes away". New Zealand Football.
  9. ^ "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  10. ^ a b NZ 1982 World Cup Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "1982 World Cup – New Zealand squad". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007.
  12. ^ All Whites – Goal Scoring Record Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  14. ^ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  15. ^ Friends of Football Committee. Friends of Football. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
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