Patrick Joseph Gallacher (17 March 1881 – 8 April 1951) was a Scottish professional

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who played as an

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in the Scottish League for

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. He also played in the Southern League for Luton Town and in the Western League for

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Personal life

Gallacher served as a private in the 1st and 2nd

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s during the

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and by May 1917, he was the trainer of the 1st battalion's football team. He served the final six months of the war as an appointed lance corporal in the

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and the

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. In later life, Gallacher worked as a groundsman and at Enfield Cable Works. At the time of his death in April 1951, Gallacher lived within sight of

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on Trulock Road,

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Career statistics

Honours

Ton Pentre * Welsh League First Division: 1914–15

References

1881 births 1951 deaths Scottish military personnel Scottish footballers Scottish Football League players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Ton Pentre F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I Middlesex Regiment soldiers Southern Football League players Footballers from Glasgow Association football outside forwards Workington A.F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Rifle Brigade soldiers London Regiment soldiers Duntocher Hibernian F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1880s-stub