Patrick Gallacher (21 August 1909 – 4 January 1992) was a Scottish

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who played for

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

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and the

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as a striker.

Club career

Gallacher was born in

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and started his footballing career Linwood St Conval and Bridge of Weir before moving to

. He made his debut on 21 September 1929 against

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in a 1–0 loss at

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. He was part of the 1937 FA Cup Final winning side against

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

. In his career at Sunderland, Gallacher made 309 appearances and scored 108 goals in all competitions. He helped the ''Black Cats'' to win the First Division in 1935–36, scoring 20 goals in that title winning season. He then moved on to

in December 1938. He only managed to play four matches for Stoke due to injury and left at the end of the 1938–39 just before the outbreak of

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. He then made wartime appearances for

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and Morton in Scotland and also played in Ireland for Coleraine and Cork United before signing for

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in September 1948, playing eight games before leaving.

International career

Gallacher won his first cap for

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on 20 October 1934 against

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in a 2–1 defeat at

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in which he scored Scotland's only goal. This turned out to be his only ever cap for his country.

Career statistics

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Honours

Sunderland *

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football League in England from 1888 until the end of the 1991–92 season, when its teams broke away to form the Premier League. From 1992 to 2004, the name First Division was g ...

: 1935–36 *

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

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: 1936–37

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallacher, Patrick 1909 births 1992 deaths Footballers from Renfrewshire Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football forwards Place of death missing Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players Greenock Morton F.C. wartime guest players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen