Brian Gallacher

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Brian Gallacher
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-09-08) 8 September 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Radnor Park [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1981 Dumbarton 139 (42)
1981–1984 Kilmarnock 104 (30)
1984–1988 St Mirren 99 (16)
1988–1991 Partick Thistle 40 (2)
1991–1992 Albion Rovers 16 (0)
Caledonian
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Gallacher (born 8 September 1958 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer [2] who played for Dumbarton, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Albion Rovers and Inverness Caledonian. [3] [1]

It has been reported that Brian is related to the family of footballers beginning with Patsy Gallacher in the early 20th century, but this is inaccurate, although the family does include a male with the same forename and of similar age. [4] [5]

Honours

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brian Gallacher, The Thistle Archive
  2. Brown, Neil (11 November 2011). "Brian Gallacher". Stats. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. "Tommy Gallacher obituary". The Scotsman. 6 October 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Growing up was tough as grandson of late great Patsy". This Is Lancashire. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. McColl, Brian (11 November 2011). "Stirlingshire Cup". Scottish Football History Archive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2011.