Willie Gallacher | |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1919 |
Birth Place: | Renfrew, Scotland |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years2: | 1946–1949 |
Clubs2: | Celtic |
Caps2: | 29 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1949–1950 |
Clubs3: | Falkirk |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1950–1952 |
Clubs4: | Ayr United |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Years5: | 1952–1953 |
Clubs5: | St Johnstone |
Caps5: | 7 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Clubs6: | Inverness Thistle |
Totalcaps: | 63 |
Totalgoals: | 6 |
William Gallacher (29 June 1919 – 16 October 1982) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Renfrew, Gallacher's career as a footballer was fairly short due to the interruption of World War II, in which he served in the Royal Engineers. He played for St Anthony's (Junior grade), Celtic,[1] Falkirk, Ayr United, St Johnstone and Inverness Thistle.[2]
His brother was fellow footballer Tommy Gallacher.[3] They were the sons of Patsy Gallacher, one of Celtic's legendary players who also spent time at Falkirk. Tommy's son Brian also became a footballer, as did another nephew, Kevin, who played for Scotland at World Cup 98.[4] [5]
The Gallachers are also related to another footballing branch of the family, John Divers and his son of the same name who both played for Celtic.[6]