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Born and raised in England , McCall qualified to play for Scotland through his Scottish father . He won 40 international caps and scored one goal in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy . He also played in two European Championships but his international career ended after he was left out of the 1998 World Cup squad .
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McCall was part of the coaching staff during his second spell at Bradford City , briefly serving as caretaker @-@ player manager in 2000 . He continued his coaching at Sheffield United and was assistant manager to Neil Warnock until May 2007 , when he returned to Bradford City for a third time , this time as manager .... | dc846019f44e3bc0efa38b4faac40c07 | 17,250 |
= = Early and personal life = =
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Stuart McCall was born on 10 June 1964 in Leeds , England , to Scottish parents Andy , a former professional footballer , and Jean McCall . He was the couple 's third child after Leslie and Janette , who were 20 and 15 respectively when Stuart was born . The family home was just round the corner from Leeds United 's E... | df9ec82f1df20b220d6f883238a92a96 | 17,254 |
McCall played football for Upper Wortley Primary School and Thornhill Middle School , even scoring a winning goal for the latter in a cup final when he came on as a substitute with his arm in a sling . McCall also played table tennis as a schoolboy but excelled at football , captaining the Leeds under @-@ 11 boys team... | e96ddca5dcd43f9917f2d9a7d0ce4bab | 17,255 |
= = Playing career = =
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= = = Club career = = =
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= = = = Bradford City = = = =
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McCall came through City 's youth system after he was signed by George Mulhall in 1980 from Farsley Celtic at the age of 16 , before becoming an apprentice in June 1981 . Mulhall 's successor , Roy McFarland gave McCall his debut at Reading on 28 August 1982 – the opening day of the 1982 – 83 season – when he deputise... | 113f40b7ef1ab4fe63d17a23f0d5ca6c | 17,265 |
During the summer of 1984 , Cherry made the two key signings of central defender Dave Evans and right winger John Hendrie to build on the previous season 's high finish . McCall was an integral part of the team as City won the Division Three championship in 1984 – 85 , during which he scored eight goals as one of two ... | c1d0d5a4f0dfaa6131c6de370c1c3bc0 | 17,266 |
For the following 19 months , the club played games away from Valley Parade . Cherry and the players became a close @-@ knit team , attending funerals of the victims and other engagements in the months that followed , and the club 's 13th place finish in Division Two in 1985 – 86 was hailed a major achievement . Durin... | 53904f470935404943161ee8dff61e74 | 17,267 |
Dolan brought in Paul Tomlinson , Brian Mitchell and Lee Sinnott in a bid to help McCall and Hendrie realise their dreams with City . They mounted a promotion challenge in 1987 – 88 and were top for much of the season until they faltered in the New Year . When promotion was missed initially by one point on the last da... | 36967e24a00a620de719840eae92a401 | 17,268 |
His departure was soured when he was forced to go to the Football League with a Professional Footballers ' Association representative to win £ 8 @,@ 327 @.@ 15 of an unpaid signing @-@ on fee .
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= = = = Everton = = = =
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McCall joined Everton at a time when its former triumphant side of the mid @-@ 1980s had broken up , following the ban on English sides competing in Europe , which marked the start of a period of underachievement at Goodison Park . His Everton debut came in a 4 – 0 victory over Newcastle United on 27 August 1988 again... | e39343218c273404ae35a57e47162534 | 17,273 |
McCall made a second appearance in an Everton shirt at Valley Parade , when he was invited by former teammate Mark Ellis to bring a side for his testimonial . In three seasons at Everton , McCall played 103 league games as well as earned his first caps with Scotland but he failed to lift any trophies as the club finis... | ca902ba72c68f8e5f407728d8820b604 | 17,274 |
= = = = Rangers = = = =
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In the summer of 1991 , McCall signed for Scottish club Rangers for £ 1 @.@ 2 million . Rangers had just won their third successive Scottish Premier Division title . Under newly appointed manager Walter Smith , McCall ended up playing in the final six of the club 's nine successive Scottish league titles . In his firs... | 75ca176731dafac808b14b7433152eb3 | 17,278 |
= = = = Back to Bradford City = = = =
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McCall still had one year left on his Rangers contract in 1998 , but much of the team that Walter Smith had built had left and McCall was allowed to leave on a free transfer by new manager Dick Advocaat , as long as he joined an English club . Barnsley and Huddersfield Town were both interested in signing McCall , but... | b83c612de475616cbdb72cefdf5d07f4 | 17,282 |
Bradford were expected to struggle in their first season in the top flight for 77 years . Jewell signed David Wetherall , Dean Saunders and Neil Redfearn , all experienced top flight performers , but City were in the bottom four teams for most of the season . It was Bradford 's home form – they earned 26 of their 36 p... | 5863bc28f95782aaa23ce3684f86d3f7 | 17,283 |
McCall stayed on for one more season before he was released by manager Nicky Law in May 2002 , shortly before the club went into administration for the first time after finishing 15th in Division One . His playing career at Bradford City had looked uncertain in December 2001 before Law arrived , when previous manager ... | e7e696b5ef42350379bf8133cfc50e2f | 17,284 |
= = = = Sheffield United = = = =
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On 2 July 2002 McCall joined Sheffield United , where he played an integral part in their first @-@ team side , despite being 38 , and also coached the reserves to the league title . He played 71 league games over the next two seasons , and scored twice , including a winner against former side Bradford . He was in the... | 0107b8776b2907915b85a106aafecaf4 | 17,288 |
= = = International career = = =
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McCall was picked for England and Scotland under @-@ 21 sides on the same day in 1984 , and chose to play for England in a game against Turkey . However , he was only picked as a substitute and the referee blew the final whistle with McCall waiting to come on . He later told Scottish newspaper Glasgow Herald , " I fel... | 56d026798344fe4a4177960b13837863 | 17,292 |
Later the same year , McCall was called up to the Scottish senior team . He won his first cap on 28 March 1990 in a 1 – 0 friendly victory over Argentina . He played in five friendlies in 1990 which earned him a call up to the Italia 90 World Cup squad . He played in all three of Scotland 's World Cup games . They los... | 80e590a56cd70c71d564f0a9579a8f8f | 17,293 |
McCall represented Scotland at the European Championships in 1992 , when they again failed to go beyond the group stage after defeats to Netherlands and Germany , and in 1996 when they were edged out in the first round by Netherlands . Scotland failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1994 . McCall played just two quali... | 0cbac083978d96916d80e950e5d1159b | 17,294 |
= = Coaching and management career = =
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= = = Early coaching career = = =
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In July 2000 , McCall accepted his first coaching role , when he was appointed assistant manager to Chris Hutchings at Bradford City , after Hutchings was promoted from the role to replace Paul Jewell as City manager . Just four months later , Hutchings was sacked , and McCall was appointed as caretaker – player manag... | 9c926b5b47cb64947799a14d13f3a07b | 17,301 |
After leaving Bradford City , he joined Sheffield United , where he also took up a coaching role . When he retired in 2004 , he remained at Sheffield United as assistant to Neil Warnock . Working alongside Warnock and learning the managerial ropes from him , he helped mastermind Sheffield 's promotion to the Premier L... | 7c3a24a43d2780fdf86a0a1ab7e64fe0 | 17,302 |
= = = Bradford City = = =
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McCall admitted in his autobiography , The Real McCall , he wanted to manage Bradford .
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He had been linked with the manager 's position at Bradford City on numerous previous occasions , and after Colin Todd was sacked on 12 February 2007 , City chairman Julian Rhodes made McCall his number one target to take over in the summer . Club captain David Wetherall temporarily took over and was later announced a... | 9e87852e6aa34ab15f0d67119fe8fbd2 | 17,307 |
Bradford had just 13 players when McCall took over , and he made a number of summer signings including defender Darren Williams , midfielders Kyle Nix , Alex Rhodes and Scott Phelan , and strikers Barry Conlon , Guylain Ndumbu @-@ Nsungu and Peter Thorne . McCall recorded his first win as a manager against Wrexham on ... | 79d4f111ed0e744d35c06dd67405deb5 | 17,308 |
Despite City finishing outside the play @-@ off places , they were again installed as favourites for promotion by bookmakers for the 2008 – 09 season . McCall released 13 players from his squad and replaced them with a number of signings with experience in a higher division , as well as Michael Boulding , who was one ... | 8f86c38d7f1c32f7f294c1c51313ce55 | 17,309 |
As a result of maintaining a place in the promotion places during the first half of the season and his " stabling influence " on the club , chairmen Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn offered McCall a new contract in January 2009 . Later in the month , Lawn gave further backing to McCall , who was coming under pressure from ... | b2eb46907d346fea3a338b390b1544c0 | 17,310 |
As a result of the cuts , McCall made a number of changes to his squad during the summer of 2009 . His team started the 2009 – 10 season by going four games without scoring , until they recorded a 5 – 4 victory against Cheltenham Town . After the game , McCall said : " That was the youngest , and certainly cheapest , ... | 7e7586097536dc83ece7140f88aaf814 | 17,311 |
= = = Motherwell = = =
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After leaving Bradford , McCall spent some time out of the game before being recruited to work as a scout for Norwich City by Rangers former chief scout Ewan Chester . At the end of 2010 , he was among a number of men interviewed for the managerial vacancy at Scottish Premier League side Motherwell to succeed Craig Br... | 0cb1d03fa959ff22e25b90fbdd50cc84 | 17,315 |
At the start of the following season , Motherwell lost only one match in their first six making them joint leaders of the Scottish Premier League , which led to McCall being named the Clydesdale Bank Premier League manager of the month for July and August . Well continued their good form , with McCall winning the awar... | f2aab1b32abc04d953854d5601dfdadb | 17,316 |
At the start of the 2012 @-@ 13 season , McCall was unable to make signings after losing ten players . In the summer transfer window , he made two signings Simon Ramsden and Fraser Kerr . McCall attempted to sign the returning James McFadden and Ryan Stevenson , but both were unsuccessful . McCall then managed the clu... | ee5efc2831c926cb6edb66637f75b08e | 17,317 |
On 24 January 2013 , it was announced McCall would join the backroom staff of new Scotland national football team manager Gordon Strachan . During the 2012 / 13 season , the club managed to stay in the top @-@ six . On 28 March 2013 , McCall signed a new two @-@ year contract with Motherwell . In April 2013 , McCall w... | 93a3c82a905852ff367841e373993a91 | 17,318 |
At the start of the 2013 @-@ 14 season , key players Darren Randolph , Nicky Law , Chris Humphrey , Michael Higdon and Henrik Ojamaa all left the club . McCall replaced them by signing Paul Lawson , Iain Vigurs , John Sutton , Fraser Kerr , Gunnar Nielsen and Stephen McManus . He also managed to persuade James McFadde... | 44ab4db5200439e09de0525fcb60a839 | 17,319 |
= = = Rangers = = =
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McCall was appointed manager of Rangers on 12 March 2015 , agreeing a contract with the club to the end of the 2014 – 15 season . In his first match in charge Rangers were held to a 1 – 1 draw at home by bottom @-@ placed Livingston on 14 March 2015 . Rangers finished third in the 2014 – 15 Scottish Championship and i... | 92cb2e7f52f7e1aedfdf21935d883d7f | 17,323 |
= = = Return to Bradford City = = =
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On 20 June 2016 , he returned as manager of Bradford City , replacing Phil Parkinson . McCall gave up his coaching role with the Scottish national team .
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= = Style of play = =
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McCall was a box @-@ to @-@ box midfielder characterised by his tireless running , tackling and also weighing in with an average of one goal every 11 games . Despite his position in the middle of the park he was rarely suspended and was sent off just once in his career – in the final minute of a 2 – 0 defeat to Charlt... | 8528b0cf77a9863ba9c2bda466782c21 | 17,331 |
= = Career statistics = =
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= = = Playing = = =
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= = = = Club = = = =
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= = = = International = = = =
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= = = = = International goals = = = = =
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Scores and results list Scotland 's goal tally first .
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= = = Managerial = = =
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As of 31 May 2015
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= = Honours = =
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= = = Player = = =
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Bradford City
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English Third Division ( 1 ) : 1984 – 85
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English First Division promotion ( 1 ) : 1998 – 99
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Rangers
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Scottish Premier Division ( 6 ) : 1991 – 92 , 1992 – 93 , 1993 – 94 , 1994 – 95 , 1995 – 96 , 1996 – 97
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Scottish Cup ( 3 ) : 1992 , 1993 , 1996
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Scottish League Cup ( 2 ) : 1993 , 1994
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= = = Manager = = =
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Motherwell
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Lanarkshire Cup ( 3 ) : 2010 – 11 , 2012 – 13 , 2013 – 14
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= = = Individual = = =
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PFA Team of the Year ( 2 ) :
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Second Division : 1987 , 1988
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Third Division : 1985
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Manager of the Month : July / August 2011 , October 2011 , March 2013
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SPL Manager of the Season : 2012 – 13
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= Black @-@ tailed jackrabbit =
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The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit ( Lepus californicus ) , also known as the American desert hare , is a common hare of the western United States and Mexico , where it is found at elevations from sea level up to 10 @,@ 000 ft ( 3 @,@ 000 m ) . Reaching a length around 2 ft ( 61 cm ) , and a weight from 3 to 6 lb ( 1 @.@... | a16004250e4513dcf155baeb50a9ed27 | 17,382 |
The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit does not migrate or hibernate during winter and uses the same habitat of 0 @.@ 4 to 1 @.@ 2 mi2 ( 1 – 3 km2 ) year @-@ round . Its diet is composed of various shrubs , small trees , grasses , and forbs . Shrubs generally comprise the bulk of fall and winter diets , while grasses and for... | dce6f72e2db247b56f53064864d54910 | 17,383 |
= = Description = =
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Like other jackrabbits , the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit has distinctive long ears , and the long , powerful rear legs characteristic of hares . Reaching a length about 2 ft ( 61 cm ) , and a weight from 3 to 6 lb ( 1 @.@ 4 to 2 @.@ 7 kg ) , the black @-@ tailed jackrabbit is the third @-@ largest North American hare ... | 4dd67e4b5e18479f5fd12f6267383c81 | 17,387 |
= = Taxonomy and distribution = =
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Although 17 subspecies are recognized , this number may be excessive . Using a cluster analysis of anatomical characters , Dixon and others found that black @-@ tailed jackrabbit subspecies separated into two distinct groups that are geographically separated west and east of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and the Colora... | a7d6f2b7ec886659b1903e5d3098b813 | 17,391 |
The black @-@ tailed jackrabbit is the most widely distributed jackrabbit ( Lepus species ) in North America . Native black @-@ tailed jackrabbit populations occur from central Washington east to Missouri and south to Baja California Sur and Zacatecas . Black @-@ tailed jackrabbit distribution is currently expanding e... | dbdf6b05b0f0e511fc9548f220fdceb6 | 17,392 |
Distribution of subspecies occurring entirely or partially in the United States is :
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Lepus californicus altamirae ( Nelson )
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L. c. asellus ( G. S. Miller )
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L. c. bennettii ( Gray ) – coastal southern California to Baja California Norte
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L. c. californicus ( Gray ) – coastal Oregon to coastal and Central Valley California
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L. c. curti ( E. R. Hall )
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L. c. deserticola ( Mearns ) – southern Idaho to Sonora
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L. c. ememicus ( J. A. Allen ) – central Arizona to Sonora
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L. c. festinus ( Nelson )
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L. c. magdalenae ( Nelson )
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L. c. martirensis ( J. M. Stowell )
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L. c. melanotis ( Mearns ) – South Dakota to Iowa , Missouri , and central Texas
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L. c. merriamai ( Mearns ) – south @-@ central and southeastern Texas to Tamaulipas
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L. c. richardsonii ( Bachman ) – central California
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L. c. sheldoni ( W. H. Burt )
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