THE Celtic View continues its look at our 21 greatest goalscorers, which includes our current No.9, Leigh Griffiths, looking briefly at the careers of the men occupying the top scoring spots.

Today, it's the turn of Jimmy McColl, a great striker for the Hoops in the early 20th century, under the guidance of the legendary Willie Maley.

Jimmy McColl
Appearances: 169
Goals: 123
Debut: Celtic 1-0 Dundee; 18/10/1913

Jimmy McColl scored many vitally important match-winning goals for Celtic. However, McColl’s Scottish Cup exploits of 1913/14 deserve special merit. Because of the suspension of tournment during the war, McColl only ever played four games for Celtic in the competition and they were all in this season – and he scored six goals in those matches.

He scored twice in the replayed 4-1 win over Hibernian and, just two days later, Celtic were playing Hibs again, this time in the league and McColl scored in the 3-0 win that delivered the title with four games to go, this was also Celtic's third double win.

For the third of four successive titles, Celtic really went to town on the goals front in delivering the 1915/16 championship. Jimmy McColl would be top scorer in four of his seasons at Celtic Park – 1914/15 (25), 1915/16 (34), 1916/17 (24) and 1918/19 (17) – and it was that middle season of his three successive top spots that helped Celtic to a then record 116-goal campaign.

Despite missing the last six games through injury, the striker scored 34 goals – more than one a game over the course of the league win. He failed to score in only 12 games, meaning his 34 goals were scored in in 20 matches.

Tomorrow: Brian McClair

Celtic View celebrates our greatest goalscorers - Jimmy McColl