Pat Gallacher (footballer, born 1913)

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]

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 (178 cm)[2]
Playing 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)
Teams managed
1948–1950 Weymouth (player-manager)
1950–1951 Dundalk (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Second Division 26 8 1 0 ― 27 8
1935–36[4] Scottish First Division 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
  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

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References
  1. "Pat Gallacher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 47–48. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "Player Archive". THE TERRAS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. "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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