Peter Mackin Explained

Peter Mackin should not be confused with Peter Macken.

Peter Mackin (Machin)
Fullname:Peter Mackin
Birth Date:1878
Birth Place:Gateshead, England
Death Date:9 April 1917 (aged 38)
Death Place:Vimy Ridge, France
Position:Inside right
Years1:–1899
Clubs1:Hebburn Argyle
Years2:1899–1903
Clubs2:Sunderland
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:1903–1905
Clubs3:Wallsend Park Villa
Years4:1905–1907
Clubs4:Lincoln City
Caps4:54
Goals4:21
Years5:1907–1908
Clubs5:Wallsend Park Villa
Years6:1908–1910
Clubs6:Blyth Spartans
Years7:1910–1911
Clubs7:Bedlington United
Clubs8:Ashington
Clubs9:Willington Athletic
Clubs10:Newburn

Peter Mackin (sometimes Machin) (1878 – 9 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside right.

Career

An inside right, Mackin had a long career in non-League football in his native North East,[1] [2] most notably with North Eastern League club Blyth Spartans.[3] He scored 21 goals in 54 Football League appearances for Lincoln City.[4] [5]

Personal life

Mackin was married with five children and worked as a shipyard labourer in Hebburn, Wallsend and Blyth.[6] He served as a private in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was wounded on the first day on the Somme. Mackin was killed during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery.

Honours

Blyth Spartans

Bedlington United

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mackin, P., Pte., 1917 . 14 January 2016 . North East War Memorials Project.
  2. Web site: ? Mackin . 2 June 2017 . Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat.
  3. Web site: The Fallen Spartans of the Great War . 5 February 2020 . University of Wolverhampton.
  4. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . 2012 . 978-1-905891-61-0 . Third edition, with revisions . Toton, Nottingham . 187 . 841581272.
  5. Web site: Peter Machin . subscription . 17 April 2013 . The Lincoln City FC Archive . Lincoln City F.C.
  6. Web site: 6 June 2018 . Meet the Singers: Our River Stories 3 – Barbara Roper . 1 November 2019 . Sing United . en-GB.