Billy Buchanan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Mack Buchanan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1924[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tannochside,[1] Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 June 1999 (aged 74)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Carlisle,[1] England | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1944 | Larkhall Thistle | ||
| 1944–1949 | Motherwell | 0 | (0) |
| 1949 | Carlisle United | 9 | (0) |
| 1949–1956 | Barrow | 242 | (0) |
| 1956–19?? | Morecambe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Mack Buchanan (29 July 1924 – 14 June 1999) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Carlisle United and Barrow.[1]
Buchanan was born in Tannochside, Lanarkshire.[1] He played football for junior club Larkhall Thistle during the Second World War before joining Motherwell in 1944, but his only first-team appearance was in the 1946–47 Scottish League Cup, and he left for England in 1949.[2] He signed for Carlisle United and played in the first nine league matches of the season before moving on again, together with Billy Gordon and a "substantial" fee, to another Third Division North club, Barrow, in exchange for Alex McIntosh.[3] Buchanan settled at Barrow, and over the next six-and-a-half seasons he made 242 league appearances,[1] after which he played for Lancashire Combination club Morecambe.[4]
Buchanan died in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 1999 at the age of 74.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Billy Buchanan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
- ^ "Alex McIntosh". Evening Telegraph and Post. Dundee. 30 September 1949. p. 12.
- ^ "Morecambe new men bring confidence". Lancashire Evening Post. 14 August 1956. p. 6.
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- 1924 births
- 1999 deaths
- Footballers from North Lanarkshire
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Larkhall Thistle F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Morecambe F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- English Football League players
- Scottish football defender, 1920s birth stubs