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Since 1929 to 1965, Hughie Gallacher held Scotland's record for international goals
Scored 3 hat-tricks in international matches

Football player Hughie Gallacher

Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher

Hughie Gallacher

Born on 2 February 1903, Bellshill
Died on 11 June 1957, Gateshead (aged 54)

National team appearances of Hughie Gallacher

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Scotland	1924 - 1935	20				23		1.150
Total:		20				23		1.150

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Goals	Goals/ Caps
Airdrieonians FC, Airdrie	01 Mar 1924 - 31 Oct 1925	5	5	1.000
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne	27 Feb 1926 - 18 May 1930	13	18	1.385
Chelsea FC, London	14 Apr 1934	1
Derby County FC, Derby	06 Apr 1935	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

1.105

Friendly matches and other tournaments

2.000

Total:

1.150

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
1 Mar 1924	Northern Ireland	debut	21 years 28 days
14 Feb 1925	Wales	first goal	22 years 12 days
27 Feb 1926	Northern Ireland	first hat-trick	23 years 25 days
23 Feb 1929	Northern Ireland	record for goal scoring (held up to 23 May 1965)	26 years 21 days
6 Apr 1935	England	last appearance	32 years 2 months 4 days

Record of Hughie Gallacher's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Northern Ireland	10		4	1	1	1	1	2.500	6	1.667
Wales	9		5	2	2	1		1.800	6	1.500
France	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
England	2		1		1			2.000	7	0.286

Record of national team matches played by Hughie Gallacher

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Scotland national football team	20	17	1	2	54	17	87.5

Hughie Gallacher's international caps

as player of Airdrieonians FC, Airdrie:

debut age - 21 years 28 days

01 Mar 1924

Glasgow, Celtic Park, Parkhead

2-0

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1923-1924

age when scoring first goal - 22 years 12 days

14 Feb 1925

Edinburgh, Tynecastle Park

3-1

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1924-1925

2х

28 Feb 1925 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

0-3

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1924-1925

1х

04 Apr 1925 15:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-0

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1924-1925

2х

31 Oct 1925

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-3

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1925-1926

as player of Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne:

27 Feb 1926

Glasgow, Ibrox Park

4-0

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1925-1926

3х

17 Apr 1926 15:00

Stretford, Old Trafford

0-1

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1925-1926

30 Oct 1926 15:00

Glasgow, Ibrox Park

3-0

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1926-1927

1х

26 Feb 1927 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

0-2

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1926-1927

02 Apr 1927 15:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-2

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1926-1927

29 Oct 1927 15:00

Wrexham, The Racecourse

2-2

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1927-1928

1х

31 Mar 1928 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

1-5

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1927-1928

27 Oct 1928 15:00

Glasgow, Ibrox Park

4-2

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1928-1929

3х

23 Feb 1929 15:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

3-7

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

British Championship 1928-1929

4х

13 Apr 1929 15:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1928-1929

26 Oct 1929 15:00

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-4

Wales vs Scotland

British Championship 1929-1930

2х

22 Feb 1930 15:00

Glasgow, Celtic Park, Parkhead

3-1

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1929-1930

2х

18 May 1930 15:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

0-2

France vs Scotland

Friendly International

2х

as player of Chelsea FC, London:

14 Apr 1934 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

3-0

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1933-1934

as player of Derby County FC, Derby:

06 Apr 1935 15:00

Glasgow, Hampden Park

2-0

Scotland vs England

British Championship 1934-1935

Comments

Hughie Gallacher's most often teammates

Alex Jackson (1925 - 1930) - 16 games
Alan Morton (1924 - 1930) - 13 games
Jimmy McMullan (1924 - 1929) - 11 games
Willie McStay (1925 - 1927) - 10 games
Jimmy Gibson (1926 - 1930) - 8 games

Scotland players born on 1 December

Simon Donnelly (1974) - 10 caps
Barry Bannan (1989) - 27 caps