Hugh Gallacher

Hugh Gallacher
Personnel
Surname	Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher
birthday	February 2, 1903
place of birth	Motherwell ,  UK
date of death	June 11, 1957
Place of death	Gateshead ,  UK
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1920-1921	Queen of the South
1921-1925	Airdrieonians FC
1925-1930	Newcastle United
1930-1935	Chelsea FC
1935-1936	Derby County
1936-1937	Notts County
1937-1938	Grimsby Town
1938-1939	AFC Gateshead
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Scotland	19 (22)
1 Only league games are given.

Hugh Kilpatrick "Hughie" Gallacher (born February 2, 1903 in Motherwell , † June 11, 1957 in Gateshead ) was a Scottish football player .

Life

The little striker was known for his muscular physique and talent, but there were also negative sides to the Scot. He was perceived as very arrogant and hothead. Gallacher played 19 times for the Scottish national football team and scored 22 goals, a rate of more than one goal per game. Gallacher's first club was FC Queen of the South from Dumfries . In 1921, after a year in Dumfries, he moved to FC Airdrieonians, with whom he won the Scottish Cup. In 1925 he moved to Newcastle United in England . He immediately became captain of the English, with the Magpies he became English champion. In 1930 he went south to Chelsea , where he stayed until 1935. After staying in London, he played at four different clubs for a year, which were Derby County , Notts County , Grimsby Town and AFC Gateshead . In total, the Scot scored 387 goals in 541 competitive games.

Gallacher's life came to a tragic end in 1957 when he committed suicide on train tracks in Gateshead . The next day he should have appeared in court for alleged abuse of his son.

successes

• 1 × Scottish Cup winner with the FC Airdrieonians (1924)
• 1 × English champions with Newcastle United (1927)