Jimmy Calderwood was like a dad to me at Aberdeen – he even gave me advice on the morning of my wedding
dailyrecord.co.ukFrom teenage defender through to his own debut season in the dugout, Zander Diamond hails Jimmy Calderwood as his ‘father figure’ in football.The former Aberdeen defender describes Calderwood’s death at 69 as an enormous loss to the Scottish game.
Calderwood was the centre-back’s manager for five seasons at Aberdeen from 2004 to 2009. Diamond credits the ex-Dons, Dunfermline, Kilmarnock and Ross County gaffer for moulding his career for over two decades.He was a promising teen when Calderwood arrived at Pittodrie in 2004.
Now boss at Broomhill in the Lowland League, Diamond says he remains influenced and inspired by Calderwood to this day. So fond was Diamond of his old boss, he kept in regular contact with Calderwood’s partner Yvonne Buchanan throughout his health struggles.
Calderwood went public on his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2017. Diamond last visited his great friend only a few months ago.The 39-year-old said: “I’m deeply saddened by Jimmy’s passing.
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