Pat Gallacher Explained

Pat Gallacher
Fullname:Patrick Joseph Gallacher[1]
Birth Date:17 March 1881[2]
Birth Place:Camlachie, Scotland[3]
Death Date:8 April 1951 (aged 70)
Death Place:Tottenham, England
Height:6ft 0in[4]
Position:Outside forward
Years1:1899–1901
Clubs1:Duntocher Hibernian
Years2:1901–1902
Clubs2:Rockvale
Years3:1904–1905
Clubs3:Tottenham Hotspur
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1905–1907
Clubs4:Luton Town
Caps4:44
Goals4:4
Years5:1907–1908
Clubs5:Partick Thistle
Caps5:26
Goals5:0
Clubs6:Workington
Clubs7:Barrow
Clubs8:Ton Pentre

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] In later life, Gallacher worked as a groundsman and at Enfield Cable Works. At the time of his death in April 1951, Gallacher lived within sight of White Hart Lane on Trulock Road, Tottenham.

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueNational CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle1907–08Scottish First Division26020280
Career total26020280

Honours

Ton Pentre

1914–15

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Index entry . 17 December 2017 . FreeBMD . ONS.
  2. 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
  4. Book: Goodwin, Bob . The Spurs Alphabet . 16 August 2017 . 978-0-9540434-2-1 . 164 . Lulu.com . en.
  5. Web site: Players G . 12 December 2015 . The Partick Thistle History Archive.
  6. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.
  7. Web site: The Bulldogs First Welsh League Title – 1914/15 Season . 12 December 2015 . Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. 20 August 2015 .
  8. Web site: Patrick Gallacher . 10 December 2016 . 11v11.com.
  9. Web site: Gallacher Patrick Barrow 1914 . 4 July 2019 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Patrick Gallacher . 3 December 2020 . Hatters Heritage.
  11. Web site: Match fit and ready to fight for their country . 12 December 2015 . The Northern Echo. 28 April 2014 .
  12. Book: Riddoch . Andrew . When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War . Kemp . David . Haynes Publishing . 2010 . 978-0857330772 . Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset . 213.
  13. Web site: Patrick Gallacher Service Record . 20 April 2020 . Football and the First World War . en-US.