Cornelius "Neil" McCallum (3 July 1868 – 5 November 1920) was a Scottish

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who played as an

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for Renton,

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, Heanor Town and

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. McCallum had the distinction of being part of the Renton team that defeated

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in a challenge match in May 1888, billed as the "World Championship". By now also an international but still a teenager, later in the same month he joined the newly formed Celtic and scored the club's first ever goal in their inaugural match, a 5–2 win over

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. When he won the

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alongside former Renton teammate James Kelly, they became the first players to win the competition with two different clubs, having also been victorious with their old club in

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. His nephew

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and great-nephew Denis McCallum were also footballers, the latter playing for Celtic in the 1920s.The Death Of Charles McCallum
Northern Whig, 16 August 1930, via Play Up Liverpool

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1868 births 1920 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Renton F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Newark Town F.C. players Loughborough F.C. players Heanor Town F.C. players Football Alliance players Footballers from Bonhill 19th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1860s-stub