Patsy Corcoran Explained

Patsy Corcoran
Fullname:Patrick Corcoran
Birth Date:16 June 1893
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Position:Outside right
Clubs1:Bellshill Athletic
Clubs2:Mossend Celtic
Years3:1912–1919
Caps3:37
Goals3:2
Years4:1913
Clubs4:Shelbourne (loan)
Years5:1915
Clubs5:Shelbourne (loan)
Years6:1915–1916
Clubs6:Royal Albert (loan)
Years7:1916–1917
Clubs7:Hamilton Academical (loan)
Caps7:23
Goals7:5
Years8:1917
Clubs8:Renton (loan)
Years9:1917–1918
Clubs9:Albion Rovers (loan)
Years10:1918
Clubs10:Celtic (loan)
Caps10:3
Goals10:0
Years11:1919
Clubs11:Royal Albert (loan)
Years12:1919–1920
Caps12:17
Goals12:2
Years13:1920
Clubs13:Bathgate (loan)
Years14:1920–1926
Caps14:188
Goals14:26
Years15:1926
Caps15:0
Goals15:0
Years16:1926
Caps16:0
Goals16:0
Years17:1926
Caps17:4
Goals17:1
Years18:1926–1927
Caps18:2
Goals18:0

Patrick Corcoran (16 June 1893 – 1967) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right for Clyde, Celtic, and Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Football League and for Plymouth Argyle in the English Football League.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Corcoran was born in Glasgow. He was on the books of Clyde for several years and won a Glasgow Cup with the club in 1914[4] but played on loan with various clubs including Celtic[1] and Hamilton Academical, where he then had a permanent (though still fairly brief) spell.[2] [5]

He moved to England in late 1920 to play for Plymouth Argyle. He made 198 appearances for the club in all competitions over six seasons, the last of which came in December 1925; he remained with the club til the following summer but was recovering from appendicitis.[3] In 1923 he was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match[6] alongside Plymouth teammate Fred Craig (with whom he had also played at Hamilton), though neither would gain a full cap.

He then spent a short period at Torquay United, then still a Southern League club, before joining Luton Town,[3] but is believed not to have played for either in competitive fixtures.[2] He returned to Scotland for additional fleeting spells at Bathgate and East Stirlingshire.[7]

Corcoran died in 1967.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corcoran, Patrick . TheCelticWiki . 10 September 2010.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData (Tony Brown) . Nottingham . 2004 . 149 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. Web site: Patsy Corcoran . Greens on Screen . 10 September 2010.
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F8pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=caYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1249%2C3747393 Association Football. Still Undecided.
  5. https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/corcoran-paddy Corcoran, Paddy (1916)
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dZNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5825%2C2614660 Football International Trial Match
  7. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  8. Web site: Player search: Corcoran, P (Patsy) . English National Football Archive . subscription . 15 December 2021.