Eddie Gallagher (footballer)

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Eddie Gallagher
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-11-21) 21 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Campsie Black Watch
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Partick Thistle 90 (24)
1988 Hamilton Academical 14 (3)
1988–1991 Dunfermline Athletic 28 (2)
1991–1992 Dundee 27 (11)
1992–1994 St Mirren 35 (17)
1994–? Instant-Dict
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eddie Gallagher (born 21 November 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish retired professional football striker. He played in his homeland for Partick Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee and St Mirren before moving to Hong Kong, where he signed for Instant-Dict in the summer of 1994. [1] At Instant-Dict, he went without a goal in his first two months, then scored a hat-trick against Kui Tan in November 1994. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rangers lose out in swoop by Instant". South China Morning Post. 23 July 1994. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kui Tan sunk by hat-trick ace Gallagher". South China Morning Post. 19 November 1994. Retrieved 23 July 2024.


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