Pat Gallacher (footballer, born 1913) explained

Pat Gallacher
Fullname:	Patrick Gallacher
Birth Date:	9 January 1913
Birth Place:	Springburn, Scotland^[1]
Death Place:	Hastings, England
Position:	Inside forward
Clubs1:	St Agnes Welfare
Clubs2:	Townhead Benburb
Years3:	–1933
Clubs3:	Dunoon Athletic
Years4:	1933–1934
Clubs4:	Millwall
Caps4:	0
Goals4:	0
Years5:	1934–1936
Clubs5:	Third Lanark
Caps5:	65
Goals5:	17
Years6:	1936–1937
Clubs6:	Blackburn Rovers
Caps6:	11
Goals6:	0
Years7:	1938–1948
Clubs7:	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
Caps7:	35
Goals7:	3
Years8:	1948–1950
Clubs8:	Weymouth
Years9:	1950–1951
Clubs9:	Dundalk
Caps9:	12
Goals9:	10
Manageryears1:	1948–1950
Managerclubs1:	Weymouth (player-manager)
Manageryears2:	1950–1951
Managerclubs2:	Dundalk (player-manager)
Height:	5ft 10in
Youthclubs1:	St Agnes Boys' Guild

Patrick Gallacher (9 January 1913 – June 1983), sometimes known as Paddy Gallacher, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Blackburn Rovers as an inside forward.^[2] He also played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark and served League of Ireland club Dundalk as player-manager.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Personal life

Gallacher was an uncle of footballers Billy McPhail and John McPhail. After retiring from football, Gallacher settled in Bexhill-on-Sea and became an HGV driver, a job from which he retired in December 1977.

Career statistics

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Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Third Lanark	1934–35	Scottish Division Two	26	8	1	0	―		27	8
	1935–36	Scottish Division One	37	9	6	1	―		43	10
	1936–37		2	0	―		―		2	0
	Total		65	17	7	1	―		72	18
Dundalk	1950–51	League of Ireland	12	10	1	0	21^[6]	11	34	21
Career total			77	27	8	1	21	11	106	39

1. Web site: Kaufman . Neilson . VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020 . 18 July 2020 . 47–48.
2. News: Player Archive . en-GB . THE TERRAS . 25 January 2018.
3. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.
4. Web site: Pat Gallacher History of Dundalk F.C. . 10 June 2019 . www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com.
5. Web site: Gallacher . 13 August 2020 . BRFCS.com . en-GB.
6. 9 appearances and 7 goals in League of Ireland Shield, 9 appearances and 2 goals in Dublin City Cup, 3 appearances and 2 goals in Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Third Lanark

• Scottish League Division Two: 1934–35
• Scottish Cup: runner-up 1935–36

Weymouth

• Western League First Division third-place promotion: 1948–49

Dundalk

• Leinster Senior Cup: 1950–51