Hughie Gallacher

Hughie Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher
Date of birth (1903-02-02)2 February 1903
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Date of death 11 June 1957(1957-06-11) (aged 54)
Place of death Gateshead, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tannochside Athletic
1919 Hattonrigg Thistle
1920 Bellshill Athletic
1921 Queen of the South
1921–1925 Airdrieonians 111 (91)
1925–1930 Newcastle United 160 (133)
1930–1934 Chelsea 132 (72)
1934–1936 Derby County 51 (38)
1936–1937 Notts County 45 (32)
1937–1938 Grimsby Town 12 (3)
1938–1939 Gateshead 34 (18)
Total 527 (377)
International career
1924–1935 Scotland 20 (24)
1925 Scottish League XI 2 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher (2 February 1903 – 11 June 1957) was a Scottish football player in the 1920s and 1930s. In 597 senior club games, Gallacher scored 419 goals, playing league football for Airdrieonians, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Derby County, Notts County, Grimsby Town and Gateshead. Prior to this he also played and scored for then non-league Queen of the South.

He is one of the Scotland national football team's most prolific goalscorers with 24 goals from his 20 internationals, a strike rate of more than a goal a game. Gallacher was one of the Wembley Wizards who beat England 5–1 at Wembley Stadium in 1928.