Cornelius "Neil" McCallum (3 July 1868 – 5 November 1920) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Renton, Celtic,[1] Blackburn Rovers, Nottingham Forest,[2] Notts County, Heanor Town and Scotland.

[3][4] McCallum had the distinction of being part of the Renton team that defeated West Bromwich Albion 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 Rangers.

His nephew Charles and great-nephew Denis McCallum were also footballers, the latter playing for Celtic in the 1920s.

[6] This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a midfielder born in the 1860s, is a stub.