Pat Gallacher

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 (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

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Ton Pentre

References

  1. ^ a b "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
  4. ^ a b c d Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. Lulu.com. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  5. ^ "Players G". The Partick Thistle History Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  7. ^ a b "The Bulldogs First Welsh League Title – 1914/15 Season". Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Patrick Gallacher". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Gallacher Patrick Barrow 1914". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Patrick Gallacher". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Pat Gallacher on Lives of the First World War
  14. ^ "Patrick Gallacher | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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