Andrew McAtee (2 July 1888 – 15 July 1956) was a Scottish

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who played for

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and

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. He played a total of 461 matches for Celtic, winning 10 major trophies.

Club career

Celtic

McAtee was born in

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(then a tiny village) although appears to have been raised in the neighbouring village of Croy, home to another Celtic great of the era, Jimmy Quinn; he joined Celtic in 1910. A fast right winger with strong legs '' 'said to resemble those of a billiard table' '' and a fondness for cutting inside to unleash a powerful shot, McAtee formed an effective partnership with

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He had already won one

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Championship and three

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, although the league continued to operate. From a mining background, McAtee was employed in that

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for much of the period of conflict, with players of the time who did not join the armed forces playing football at weekends on top of a full-time work shift. After winning three wartime titles he was conscripted in 1917 and served in Italy. On returning to Scotland McAtee resumed his successful football career with Celtic, participating in two further league title-winning seasons for a total of six. He also featured in a further Scottish Cup victory in

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, twelve years after his first in

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, and won four

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s (scoring the winning goal against

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in the 1920-21 final) and six successive Charity Cups.

United States

McAtee departed from Celtic in 1924, moving to

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where he featured for the

(managed by former teammate Charlie Shaw), and also featuring for the

. Many other Scottish players of the era also made the move across the Atlantic to play in the 1920s American Soccer League.

International career

He made one appearance for

in 1913 versus

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but was selected more frequently for the

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, playing in seven games between 1912 and 1920 and scoring once, on his debut. International games were all but suspended during the war, so he had no chance to play during what would have been his peak years.

Later life

In his later years he returned to

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. He died in 1956 and is buried in the same

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cemetery as Jimmy Quinn - a memorial service in his honour was held at the cemetery in 2015, attended by club representatives Jim Craig and Tom Boyd.The Celtic Wiki - Memorial ceremony for Andy McAtee
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Honours

Celtic *

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: 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1921–22 *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1911-12, 1911-12, 1913–14, 1922–23 *

: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921

References

;Sources *

External links

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London Hearts profile (Scotland)
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