Gerald Church Explained

Gerald Church
Fullname:Gerald Church
Birth Date:28 January 1928
Birth Place:Calton, Scotland
Death Place:Winchester-on-the-Severn, Maryland, U.S.
Position:Left back
Youthclubs1:Glasgow University
Years1:1955–1957
Clubs1:Queen's Park
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Nationalyears1:1956
Nationalteam1:Scotland Amateurs
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Gerald Church (28 January 1928 – 17 July 2021) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1] [2] He was capped by Scotland at amateur level.[3]

Life and career

Church attended St Aloysius' College and University of Glasgow Medical School.[4] Following two years in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he specialised in Internal Medicine and Cardiology.

Church emigrated to the United States in the late 1950s and from 1960 worked at local Annapolis hospitals, including Anne Arundel Medical Center and North Arundel Hospital. He was later made a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and received an award of appreciation from the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center for his service between 1966 and 2011.

Church was married with four children. He died at home in Winchester-on-the-Severn, on 17 July 2021, at the age of 93.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church, Gerald . 20 July 2017 . QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website.
  2. Web site: Hosie . Rab . Scottish League appearance records – C . 20 July 2017 . Scottish Football Historical Archive.
  3. Web site: McColl . Brian . Gorman . Douglas . Campbell . George . Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161609/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf . 28 July 2017 . 20 July 2017 . 325.
  4. Web site: Dr. Gerard "Gerry" Church obituary . 25 January 2023 . Legacy.