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Pat Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Patrick Gallacher[1]
Date of birth 9 January 1913
Place of birth Springburn, Scotland[2]
Date of death June 1983 (1983-07) (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
0000–1933 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

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 life

Gallacher 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ 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

Third Lanark

Weymouth

Dundalk

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pat Gallacher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 47–48. Retrieved 18 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Pat Gallacher | History of Dundalk F.C." www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Gallacher". BRFCS.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.


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