List of Scottish Football League representative players

Soon after the creation of the SFL in 1890, there was a desire on the part of its officials to test its strength against its older counterpart (English) Football League.

Bobby Evans holds the record for Scottish League XI appearances, having played 25 times between 1948 and 1960.

[8] Bobby Collins (12) and William Reid (10) also scored at least 10 goals for the team.

[8] Of the 155 players who made at least four appearances for the Scottish League team, only eight never played for the full Scotland team, including John Stewart Wright whose career coincided with World War I and played in unofficial internationals, Bob Ferrier who was ineligible during his era due to being born in Sheffield, South African Johnny Hubbard, and goalkeepers Willie White and George Niven, the latter of whom is the Rangers player with most appearances for the club without a full cap, having missed out through injury on several occasions.

[9] The other players in that group are John McFarlane, Chic Geatons and Willie Rankin.

Jock Stein played once for the Scottish League XI, in 1954. Stein and Alex Ferguson both played for the Scottish League XI and became Scotland national football team manager , but neither played for the national team.
Celtic players Tommy Gemmell (left) and Willie Wallace (right) both played for the Scottish League XI during the 1960s.
David Hay played four times for the Scottish League XI in the early 1970s.
Alan Morton played for the Scottish League in three World War I fundraising games, then made 15 appearances in official inter-league matches.
Netherlands national football team player Hans Gillhaus played for the Scottish League XI in its last ever match, in 1990. Gillhaus scored the only goal as the Scottish League won 1–0 against the Scotland national football team .
Dave Mackay played for the Scotland XI against the Scottish League in three trial matches.