Patrick Gallacher (9 January 1913 – June 1983), sometimes known as Paddy Gallacher, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Blackburn Rovers as an inside forward.[1][3] He also played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark and served League of Ireland club Dundalk as player-manager.[4][5][6]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Gallacher[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Springburn, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | June 1983 (aged 70)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hastings, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Agnes Boys' Guild | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St Agnes Welfare | |||
| Townhead Benburb | |||
| –1933 | Dunoon Athletic | ||
| 1933–1934 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
| 1934–1936 | Third Lanark | 65 | (17) |
| 1936–1937 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | (0) |
| 1938–1948 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 35 | (3) |
| 1948–1950 | Weymouth | ||
| 1950–1951 | Dundalk | 12 | (10) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1950 | Weymouth (player-manager) | ||
| 1950–1951 | Dundalk (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editGallacher was an uncle of footballers Billy McPhail and John McPhail.[5] After retiring from football, Gallacher settled in Bexhill-on-Sea and became an HGV driver, a job from which he retired in December 1977.[5]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Third Lanark | 1934–35[4] | Scottish Division Two | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ― | 27 | 8 | |
| 1935–36[4] | Scottish Division One | 37 | 9 | 6 | 1 | ― | 43 | 10 | ||
| 1936–37[4] | 2 | 0 | ― | ― | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 17 | 7 | 1 | ― | 72 | 18 | |||
| Dundalk | 1950–51[5] | League of Ireland | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21[a] | 11 | 34 | 21 |
| Career total | 77 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 106 | 39 | ||
- ^ 9 appearances and 7 goals in League of Ireland Shield, 9 appearances and 2 goals in Dublin City Cup, 3 appearances and 2 goals in Leinster Senior Cup
Honours
editThird Lanark
- Scottish League Division Two: 1934–35[4]
- Scottish Cup: runner-up 1935–36
Weymouth
- Western League First Division third-place promotion: 1948–49[5]
Dundalk
- Leinster Senior Cup: 1950–51[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Pat Gallacher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 47–48. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pat Gallacher | History of Dundalk F.C." www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Gallacher". BRFCS.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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