Michael Gilhooley | |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1894[1] |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Place: | Troon, Scotland |
Position: | Centre half |
Years1: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs1: | Celtic |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs2: | → Abercorn (loan) |
Caps2: | 9 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1914–1918 |
Clubs3: | Vale of Leven |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1918–1920 |
Clubs4: | Clydebank |
Caps4: | 57 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1920–1922 |
Clubs5: | Hull City |
Caps5: | 67 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1922–1925 |
Clubs6: | Sunderland |
Caps6: | 19 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 1925–1927 |
Clubs7: | Bradford City |
Caps7: | 52 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1927–1928 |
Clubs8: | Queen's Park Rangers |
Caps8: | 9 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Clubs9: | Troon Athletic |
Totalcaps: | 228 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1922 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Michael Gilhooley (26 November 1894 – 17 May 1969) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-half. He represented Scotland once at international level.
Born in Edinburgh but with much of his early life spent in Fife, Gilhooley played junior football for Glencraig Celtic, then played for Celtic, Abercorn, Vale of Leven, Clydebank, Hull City, Sunderland, Bradford City and Queens Park Rangers, before returning to junior football with Troon Athletic.[2] [3]
At Hull he made 67 league and 5 FA Cup appearances.[4] At Sunderland he made 19 league appearances,[5] having suffered a broken leg soon after joining the club.[6]
He signed for Bradford City in May 1925, and left the club in May 1927.[7] He made 52 appearances in the Football League for them, as well as 1 FA Cup appearance.[8] He then moved to London with QPR, making 9 league appearances in his single season at Loftus Road.[9]
Gilhooley earned one international cap for Scotland in 1922.[2]