Patrick Hagan

Patrick Hagan (October 1879 – 14 July 1916) was a Scottish professional football forward who played in the Scottish League for Hibernian and Port Glasgow Athletic.[2] He won five pieces of silverware with Irish League club Linfield between 1903 and 1904.[3][4]

Patrick Hagan
Hagan while with Brentford in 1906.
Personal information
Full name Patrick Hagan[1]
Date of birth October 1879
Place of birth Canongate, Scotland
Date of death 14 July 1916 (aged 36)[1]
Place of death Beaumont-Hamel, France
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Linfield 10 (4)
1903–1905 Linfield
1905–1906 Hibernian 26 (6)
1906–1908 Brentford 49 (9)
1908 Hibernian 9 (3)
1908–1910 Port Glasgow Athletic 57 (12)
National team
1903–1904 Irish League XI 3
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Hagan served in the Boer War with the Royal Scots and later served in the 11th Battalion during the First World War.[5][6] On 14 July 1916, at age 36, he was killed in the vicinity of Beaumont-Hamel, during the Battle of the Somme.[3] Hagan was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6D and 7D.[1]

Honours

Linfield

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 1905–06[2] Scottish League First Division 25 6 5 3 30 9
Brentford 1906–07[7] Southern League First Division 33 5 4 2 37 7
1907–08[7] 16 4 2 0 18 4
Total 49 9 6 2 55 11
Hibernian 1907–08[2] Scottish League First Division 9 3 1 0 10 3
Hibernian Total 34 9 6 3 40 12
Port Glasgow Athletic 1908–09[2] Scottish League First Division 30 10 2 0 32 10
1909–10[2] 27 2 1 0 28 2
Total 57 12 3 0 60 12
Career total 1403015515535

References
  1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  3. "Remembering the sacrifice of a former Linfield player at the Somme 100 years ago today". Linfield FC. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. "Irish Football League Inter-League – 1892/93 – 1899/00". www.glenniewebdesign.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. "Hibernian Football Club in The Great War". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. "Patrick Hagan | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 359. ISBN 0951526200.


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