Pat Gallacher (footballer, born 1913)

Patrick Gallacher (9 January 1913 – June 1983), sometimes known as Paddy Gallacher, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Blackburn Rovers as an inside forward. He also played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark and served League of Ireland club Dundalk as player-manager.

Personal life

Gallacher was an uncle of footballers Billy McPhail and John McPhail. After retiring from football, Gallacher settled in Bexhill-on-Sea and became an HGV driver, a job from which he retired in December 1977.

Career statistics

Honours

Third Lanark

• Scottish League Division Two: 1934–35
• Scottish Cup: runner-up 1935–36

Weymouth

• Western League First Division third-place promotion: 1948–49

Dundalk

• Leinster Senior Cup: 1950–51

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