Peter Buchanan (footballer, born 1915)

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Peter Buchanan
Personal information
Full name Peter Symington Buchanan[1]
Date of birth (1915-10-13)13 October 1915
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 26 June 1977(1977-06-26) (aged 61)
Place of death Strathaven, Scotland[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)
Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1933 St Mungo's
1933–1934 Chelsea 0 (0)
1934–1935
Wishaw Juniors
1935–1946 Chelsea 39 (6)
1946–1947 Fulham 20 (1)
1947–1949 Brentford 74 (13)
1949–1950
Headington United
 45 (10)
Total 178 (30)
International career
1937 Scotland 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Symington Buchanan (13 October 1915 – 26 June 1977) was a Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels.

Career

Buchanan played league football for

Second World War.[3] During the war, Buchanan made guest appearances for several clubs including West Ham United,[4] Southampton, for whom he made 11 appearances between 1942 and 1946, scoring twice,[5] Aldershot, Portsmouth, Millwall, Crystal Palace and Fulham.[6][7]

He earned one cap for Scotland, scoring in a 5–0 win against Czechoslovakia.

Personal life

Buchanan was in a

Second World War.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Peter Buchanan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Buchanan Peter Image 1 Chelsea 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ISBN 1-899429-01-8
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  5. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3
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  6. ^ "Peter Buchanan". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Rage Online » AdHoc". www.rageonline.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ "WW2". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

External links

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