| Joe McClure | |
| Fullname: | Joseph Henry McClure |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Cockermouth, England[1] |
| Death Place: | Derbyshire, England |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Clubs1: | Egremont |
| Clubs2: | Workington |
| Years3: | 1926 |
| Clubs3: | Preston North End |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Whitehaven Athletic |
| Clubs5: | Preston North End |
| Clubs6: | Leamington Town |
| Clubs7: | Wallsend |
| Years8: | 1929–1933 |
| Clubs8: | Everton |
| Caps8: | 29 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs9: | Brentford |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 1934–1936 |
| Clubs10: | Exeter City |
| Caps10: | 5 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 1936–1937 |
| Clubs11: | Nuneaton Borough |
| Goals11: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1931 |
| Nationalteam1: | The FA XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Manageryears1: | 1936–1937 |
| Managerclubs1: | Nuneaton Borough (player-manager) |
Joseph Henry McClure (3 November 1907 – 1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League and is remembered for his four years as a wing half with Everton.[2] He later became a manager in non-League football with Nuneaton Borough.
McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure.[3] He had four children with his wife Martha, before he "virtually abandoned" the family in the 1920s when his football career took off and later had four children with another woman. Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968. While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and worked as a bar steward in later life. McClure's son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-League club Salterbeck.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Everton | 1929–30 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1930–31 | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 1931–32 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1932–33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Brentford | 1933–34[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
Everton
Nuneaton Town