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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 | |||
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Full name | Patrick Gallacher[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Springburn, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | June 1983 70)[1] | (aged||
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 |
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 11 | 34 | 21 |
Career total | 77 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 106 | 39 |
Third Lanark
Weymouth
Dundalk
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