A native of
Dundee, Wallace began his career in 1961 with
Montrose. He went on to play for
Raith Rovers,
Dundee, and
Dundee United. He also played in the
NASL for two seasons with the
Seattle Sounders, 1976 and 1978. Wallace once held the Scottish record of 264 league career goals scored, a tally since passed by
Ally McCoist. He scored 30 in
1967–68 to be awarded footballer of the year by the Scottish press, the first non
Old Firm player to win the award. Despite this achievement Wallace was never capped for Scotland. He followed his playing days by going into coaching and management of a number of Scottish clubs, including Raith, Dundee, Dundee United and Dunfermline in a career spanning 45 years in football. ==Later life and death==