Peter Buchanan (footballer, born 1938)

Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan (born 14 December 1938) is a Scottish retired amateur football centre forward who made over 200 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][2] He later served on the club's committee and as president.[3] He is Scotland's joint-top scorer at amateur level and made two 1964 Summer Olympic qualifying appearances for Great Britain.[4]

Peter Buchanan
Personal information
Full name Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan[1]
Date of birth (1938-12-14) 14 December 1938
Place of birth Scotland
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1960 Pollok
1960–1969 Queen's Park 210 (124)
National team
1961–1966 Scotland Amateurs 17 (11)
1964 Great Britain 2 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Honours

Scotland Amateurs

  • FA Centenary Amateur International Tournament[5]

References

  1. "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. Hosie, Rab. "Scottish Football Historical Archive – Scottish League appearance records – B". Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "Old rivalry renewed". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. McColl, Gorman & Campbell 2017, p. 221.


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