Born in Dundee in 1935, Dick McTaggart won the Olympic gold medal at lightweight in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and a bronze medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Also at Melbourne he was awarded the Val Barker Trophy as the best boxer at the Games. He remained an amateur throughout his career.
The McTaggart Centre in Dundee was named in his honour.
2. Jim Clark
Answer: Motor Racing - Formula 1
Born in the village of Kilmany, Fife in 1936, Jim Clark was Formula 1 World Champion in 1963 and 1965. In 1965 he also won the Indianapolis 500. He was killed in 1968 in a Formula Two racing accident at Hockenheim in Germany, aged only 32.
When he was five, Jim moved with his parents to Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders and a small museum known as the Jim Clark Room dedicated to his memory was later established in the town of Duns, Berwickshire.
3. Liz McColgan
Answer: Track and field athletics
Born in Dundee in 1964, Liz McColgan (nee Lynch) is a former middle and long distance runner. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Tokyo Olympics and was the winner of the 1991 World Athletics Championship at the same distance. Other major achievements include winning the Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres in Edinburgh (1986) and Auckland (1990) and the London Marathon in 1996.
She was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1991.
4. Kenny Dalglish
Answer: Football (soccer)
Born in Glasgow in 1951, Kenny Dalglish played for Celtic in Scotland (1969-1977) and Liverpool in England (1977-1990) and was capped for Scotland 102 times. After retiring from playing he went on to manage both Celtic and Liverpool and also managed Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.
He was awarded an MBE in 1984 and in 2011 was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster for services to football and charity.
5. Willie Carson
Answer: Horse Racing
Born in Stirling in 1942, Willie Carson is a former racehorse jockey and was five times British Champion Jockey. In a career spanning from 1959 to 1996, when he retired aged 54, he rode 3,828 winners in the UK, including winning 17 British Classic races.
In 1983 he was awarded an OBE for services to horse racing.
6. Dario Franchitti
Answer: Motor Racing - Indy Car
Born in Bathgate in 1973, Dario was a four-time champion of the US Indy Car Series and a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He retired from racing in 2013 after sustaining serious injuries in a crash in the Grand Prix of Houston.
7. Sam Torrance
Answer: Golf
Born in Largs in 1953, Sam Torrance became a professional golfer in 1970. Although he has never won any of the major championships, he was a leading player on the European Tour in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. He was a member of the European Ryder Cup team on eight occasions and in 1985 sunk the winning putt to give the European team victory.
In 2002 he was non-playing captain of the European team which won the Ryder Cup at The Belfry.
8. Ian Black
Answer: Swimming
Born in Inverness in 1941, Ian Black was a world class swimmer in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best year was probably 1958 when he won three gold medals at the European Swimming Championsips in Budapest and a gold, silver and bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. Also in 1958 he was the first Scot to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
After giving up competitive swimming he beacame a teacher and was headmaster of various schools before retiring in 2004.
9. Stephen Hendry
Answer: Snooker
Born in South Queensferry in 1969, Stephen Hendry became a professional snooker player at the age of 16. He won his first World Snooker Championship in 1990 and went on to win it a further six times during the 1990s. He recorded the maximum 147 break 11 times in competitive matches. He retired from playing in 2012 but then began commentating on snooker events instead.
10. Jocky Wilson
Answer: Darts
Born in Kirkcaldy in 1950, Jocky Wilson was twice World Profeesional Darts Champion. His first win was in 1982, beating John Lowe in the final, and his second was in 1989 when he beat his great rival Eric Bristow in the final. He retired in 1995 and died at his home in Kirkcaldy in 2012.
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