Peter Buchanan (footballer, born 1938)

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Peter Buchanan
Personal information
Full name Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan [1]
Date of birth (1938-02-14) 14 February 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1960 Pollok
1960–1969 Queen's Park 210 (124)
International career
1961–1966 Scotland Amateurs 17 (11)
1964 Great Britain 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan (born 14 February 1938) is a Scottish retired amateur footballer who made over 200 appearances as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. [1] [2] He later served on the club's committee and as president. [3] He is Scotland's joint-top scorer at amateur level and made two 1964 Summer Olympic qualifying appearances for Great Britain. [4]

Honours

Scotland Amateurs

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References

  1. 1 2 "Buchanan, Peter Gordon Blyth". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – B". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "Old rivalry renewed". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. McColl, Gorman & Campbell 2017, p. 221.