John Buchanan (footballer, born 1928)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 June 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Allandale, Scotland | ||
Date of death | December 2000 (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Kilsyth Rangers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1955 | Clyde | 132 | (69) |
1955–1957 | Derby County | 32 | (12) |
1957–1963 | Bradford Park Avenue | 164 | (67) |
Total | 328 | (148) | |
International career | |||
1952 | Scotland B[1] | 1 | (0) |
1953 | Scotland XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Buchanan (9 June 1928 – December 2000) was a Scottish football striker.[3]
Buchanan started his career with Clyde, and his prolific form saw him get a move to Derby County. He also played for Bradford Park Avenue, before retiring in 1963.
He is only one of a handful of Clyde players to have scored four goals in a single match.[4]
Derby County won the Third Division North title in 1956–57,[5] but Buchanan only played six league games with a return of five goals.[6]
Buchanan was Bradford's leading scorer with 21 goals from 42 games (in 1960–61),[7] as the team won promotion to the Third Division.[7] He was also top scorer with 23 goals in 1958–59.
Buchanan received a Scotland B cap in 1952, when he played against a France B team in a 0-0 draw in Toulouse.[1] In addition, he featured for a Scotland XI in an international trial match against the British Army in 1953.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Division | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Clyde | Scottish Division A | 1949–50[8] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
1950–51[9] | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 9 | ||
Scottish Division B | 1951–52[10] | 30 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14[b] | 10[b] | 52 | 34 | |
Scottish Division A | 1952–53[11] | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 20 | |
1953–54[12] | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2[d] | 0 | 37 | 19 | ||
1954–55[13] | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2[e] | 1[e] | 28 | 17 | ||
Total | 132 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 173 | 106 |
Notes
- ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app) and Glasgow Charity Cup (1 app)
- ^ a b Includes St Mungo Cup (3 apps), Supplementary Cup (5 apps, 7 goals), Glasgow Cup (3 apps, 3 goals) and Glasgow Charity Cup (3 apps)
- ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app)
- ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app) and Glasgow Charity Cup (1 app)
- ^ a b Includes Glasgow Cup (2 apps, 1 goal)
Honours
Clyde
- Scottish Division Two: 1951–52
- Supplementary Cup: 1951–52[14]
- Glasgow Cup: 1951–52[15]
- Glasgow Charity Cup: 1951–52[17]
Derby County
- English Third Division North: Runner-up 1955–56[5]
Bradford Park
- English Fourth Division: Promoted 1960–61[7]
References
- ^ a b "John Buchanan". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Army Goal Relieves Hampden Boredom". Glasgow Herald. PTFC Archive. 3 May 1953. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "John Buchanan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Gormley Joins Unique Club". Clyde FC. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Anton Rippon: A packed Baseball Ground for Derby County home games? It wasn't always that way". Derby Telegraph. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Jock Buchanan, Derby County". 11v11.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bradford Park Avenue 1967-70: Part One – The Jack Rowley era by Ian Brown". Bradford Sports History. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "1949 – 1950 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1950 – 1951 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1951 – 1952 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1952 – 1953 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1953 – 1954 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1954 – 1955 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "1951–52: Clyde 5 v 1 St. Johnstone". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
"1951–52: St Johnstone 2 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020. - ^ "1951–52: Celtic 1 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "1949–50: Rangers 2 v 1 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "1951–52: Third Lanark 2 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
External links
- John Buchanan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database