Pat Gallacher

Pat Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Gallacher[1]
Date of birth 17 March 1881[2]
Place of birth Camlachie, Scotland[3]
Date of death 8 April 1951 (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Edmonton, England[1]
Playing position Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
Luton Town
1907–1908 Partick Thistle 32 (1)
Ton Pentre
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Patrick Joseph Gallacher (17 March 1881 – 8 April 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle.[4] He also played in the Southern League for Luton Town and in the Western League for Tottenham Hotspur.[5][6]

Personal life

Gallacher fought as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (more popularly known as the 1st Football Battalion) during the First World War.[7] By May 1917, Gallacher was the trainer of the battalion's football team.[8]

Honours

Ton Pentre

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ↑ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
  4. ↑ "Players G – The Partick Thistle History Archive". partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "THE BULLDOGS FIRST WELSH LEAGUE TITLE – 1914/15 SEASON". Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Patrick Gallacher". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-0857330772.
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