Lachie McMillan explained

Lachie McMillan
Fullname:Lachlan McMillan
Height:5ft 8in
Position:Inside left
Birth Date:1900
Birth Place:Hamilton, Scotland
Death Place:Hamilton, Scotland
Years1:
Clubs1:Larkhall Thistle
Years2:1919–1920
Clubs2:Petershill
Years3:1920
Clubs3:Rutherglen Glencairn
Years4:1920–1924
Clubs4:Hamilton Academical
Caps4:111
Goals4:33
Years5:1922
Clubs5:Royal Albert (loan)
Years6:1924–1934
Clubs6:Heart of Midlothian
Caps6:163
Goals6:50
Years7:1931
Clubs7:Aberdeen (loan)
Caps7:1
Goals7:1
Years8:1932–1933
Clubs8:Partick Thistle (loan)
Caps8:22
Goals8:4
Years9:1934
Clubs9:Third Lanark
Caps9:9
Goals9:0
Years10:1934–1937
Clubs10:Elgin City
Totalcaps:307
Totalgoals:87
Manageryears1:1934–1937
Managerclubs1:Elgin City
Managerclubs2:Armadale Thistle

Lachlan McMillan (1900–1983) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left, mainly for Hamilton Academical and Heart of Midlothian.[1] [2] [3]

He made more than 300 appearances in the Scottish Football League's top division across 14 seasons but won no major honours (he won the minor Lanarkshire Cup, Rosebery Charity Cup, Dunedin Cup, East of Scotland Shield and Wilson Cup with his two main clubs, and played on the losing side in the Glasgow Cup final of 1932, while on loan to Partick Thistle).[4] He scored a hat-trick on his Hearts debut in the Wilson Cup final of 1924, an Edinburgh Derby victory over Hibernian.[5]

The closest he came to any representative honours was an appearance in an SFL XI trial in 1925.[6]

As his playing career came to an end, McMillan had a spell at Elgin City (then members of the Highland League) as player-manager, winning the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1935,[7] and later served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/mcmillan-lachie-1921 McMillan, Lachie (1921)
  2. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/macmillanlachlan.html Lachlan Macmillan
  3. http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=489 Lachlan McMillan
  4. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1932-33+GCF Glasgow Cup Final Rangers Retain Trophy
  5. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1924/1924042204.htm Success Of Hearts' New Player
  6. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotqualcuphist.html Scotland – List of Qualifying Cup Finals