Pat Gallacher

Pat Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Patrick J Gallacher[1]
Place of birth Scotland
Date of death June 1951 (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Edmonton, England[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town
1907–1908 Partick Thistle 32 (1)
Ton Pentre

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Patrick J "Pat" Gallacher was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle.[2] He also played in the Southern League for Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town.[3]

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.[4] By May 1917, Gallacher was the trainer of the battalion's football team.[5]

Honours

Ton Pentre

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. "Players G - The Partick Thistle History Archive". partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "THE BULLDOGS FIRST WELSH LEAGUE TITLE - 1914/15 SEASON". Ton Pentre AFC l tonpentreafc.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  4. "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  5. 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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