Born in Edinburgh on 25 March 1949,[1] Gordon Wallace played junior football for Penicuik Athletic before joining Raith Rovers in 1970.
After 223 league appearances for Raith scoring 76 goals, a £12,000 transfer in 1977 took him to Dundee United, where he would become a teammate of his namesake.
[2] Wallace's time at United was disrupted by injury, with his recovery from a cartilage operation being followed by the discovery of a ligament problem.
[3] After recovering, he only played for the reserve team during his second season at the club and was transferred to Berwick Rangers in 1979, where he spent eighteen months and scored three goals in 19 league appearances.
After a short spell at Cowdenbeath, scoring once in 11 league appearances, he moved to Australia in 1981, where he played for Melbourne club Green Gully.