James McAulay (28 August 1860 – 13 January 1943) was a Scottish
footballer
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Career
McAulay played for
Dumbarton
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and
Scotland
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caps
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for Scotland between 1881 and 1887, scoring 1 goal *
- 5 representative caps for Dumbartonshire
- 4 representative caps for Scotch Counties
- 8 international trial matches for Scotland between 1881 and 1887.
- McAulay played for Scotland as a
goalkeeper
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in most of his international appearances, but also played as a forward.J.A.H. Catton: England and Scotland Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 7 November 2014
See also
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List of Scotland national football team captains
This article lists all the captains of the Scotland national football team. As of 16 November 2022, Scotland have played 816 officially recognised international matches and have had 155 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland m ...