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Hughie Gallacher

1903 - 1957

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hughie Gallacher is the 7,427th most popular soccer player (down from 6,173rd in 2019), the 6,224th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,606th in 2019) and the 428th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hughie Gallacher ranks 7,427 out of 21,273. Before him are Arthur Boka, Dejan Kulusevski, Howard Wilkinson, Roberto Bailey, Kenji Kitahara, and Roman Eremenko. After him are Peter Larsson, Osvaldo Escudero, Vitolo, Mario Been, Jean Beausejour, and Sarina Wiegman.

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Among people born in 1903, Hughie Gallacher ranks 367. Before him are Tampa Red, Al Hirschfeld, Gloria Holden, Dorothy Mackaill, Phyllis A. Whitney, and Tiny Thompson. After him are John Davis Lodge, Countee Cullen, Hooley Smith, Barbara Bedford, Frankie Carle, and Stuart Erwin. Among people deceased in 1957, Hughie Gallacher ranks 227. Before him are Nils Silfverskiöld, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Gene Lockhart, Leo Goodwin, Billy Bevan, and Charles Brabin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hughie Gallacher ranks 6,226 out of 8,785. Before him are Walter D'Hondt (1936), Jodie Comer (1993), Mason Greenwood (2001), Matt Targett (1995), Henry Banks (1913), and Howard Wilkinson (1943). After him are Kelly Osbourne (1984), Steve Clarke (1963), James Wordie (1889), Louise Brealey (1979), Suki Waterhouse (1992), and Jeff Noon (1957).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Hughie Gallacher ranks 428. Before him are Terry Medwin (1932), Rory Delap (1976), Joleon Lescott (1982), Mason Greenwood (2001), Matt Targett (1995), and Howard Wilkinson (1943). After him are Steve Clarke (1963), George Armstrong (1944), Jack Wilshere (1992), Ben Foster (1983), Peter Beardsley (1961), and Paul Green (1983).

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