Pat Gallacher
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| 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 (1.83 m)[4] | ||
| 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 | 44 | (4) |
| 1907–1908 | Partick Thistle | 26 | (0) |
| Workington | |||
| Barrow | |||
| Ton Pentre | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick Joseph Gallacher (17 March 1881 – 8 April 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle.[5][6] He also played in the Southern League for Luton Town and in the Western League for Tottenham Hotspur.[7][8][9][10]
Personal life
[edit]Gallacher served as a private in the 1st and 2nd Football Battalions during the First World War and by May 1917,[11] he was the trainer of the 1st battalion's football team.[12] He served the final six months of the war as an appointed lance corporal in the Rifle Brigade and the Artists Rifles.[13][14] 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]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partick Thistle | 1907–08[6] | Scottish First Division | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Career total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]Ton Pentre
- Welsh League First Division: 1914–15[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
- ^ a b c d Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. Lulu.com. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
- ^ "Players G". The Partick Thistle History Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b "The Bulldogs First Welsh League Title – 1914/15 Season". Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Patrick Gallacher". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Gallacher Patrick Barrow 1914". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Patrick Gallacher". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pat Gallacher on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Patrick Gallacher | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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