Pat Gallacher

Patrick Joseph Gallacher (17 March 1881 – 8 April 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle.[5] He also played in the Southern League for Luton Town and in the Western League for Tottenham Hotspur.[6][7][8]

Pat Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Gallacher[1]
Date of birth 17 March 1881[2]
Place of birth Camlachie, Scotland[3]
Date of death 8 April 1951 (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Tottenham, England[4]
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[4]
Playing position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1901 Duntocher Hibernian
1901–1902 Rockvale
1904–1905 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1905–1907 Luton Town
1907–1908 Partick Thistle 32 (1)
Workington
Barrow
Ton Pentre
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Gallacher served as a private in the 1st and 2nd Football Battalions during the First World War and by May 1917,[9] he was the trainer of the 1st battalion's football team.[10] He served the final six months of the war as an appointed lance corporal in the Rifle Brigade and the Artists Rifles.[11][12] In later life, Gallacher worked as a groundsman and at Enfield Cable Works.[4] At the time of his death in April 1951, Gallacher lived within sight of White Hart Lane on Trulock Road, Tottenham.[4]

Honours

Ton Pentre

  • Welsh League First Division: 1914–15[6]

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
  4. Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  5. "Players G – The Partick Thistle History Archive". partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. "THE BULLDOGS FIRST WELSH LEAGUE TITLE – 1914/15 SEASON". Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. "Patrick Gallacher". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. "Gallacher Patrick Image 2 Barrow 1914". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  10. Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  11. Pat Gallacher on Lives of the First World War
  12. "Patrick Gallacher | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 April 2020.


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