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Joe McLauchlan
Personal information
Full name Joseph James Simpson McLauchlan[1]
Date of birth 5 February 1891
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 6 January 1971(1971-01-06) (aged 79)[1]
Place of death Leith, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Linlithgow Rose
1910–1911 Bathgate
1911–1913 Woolwich Arsenal 16 (1)
1912–1916 Watford 20 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph James McLauchlan (5 February 1891 – 6 January 1971) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal.[2]

Personal life

McLauchlan began his service in during the First World War as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[3][4] While serving on the Western Front as a private in the Suffolk Regiment in June 1916,[4] he suffered shrapnel wounds to the leg.[1] McLauchlan was discharged from the army in 1917.[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1911–12[5] First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1912–13[5] 13 1 0 0 13 1
Total 16 1 0 0 16 1
Watford 1913–14[6] Southern League First Division 14 5 0 0 0 0 14 5
1914–15[6] 6 3 1 0 1[a] 0 8 3
Total 20 8 1 0 1 0 22 8
Career Total 36 9 1 0 1 0 38 9
  1. ^ Appearance in Southern Professional Charity Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Players – McHugh to Moran" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 191. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. ^ "Joseph James Simpson McLauchlan | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "The Great War 100 Years Ago 1914 – 2014". Waford Football Club v Milllwall – First World War Commemorative Issue. 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Joseph James Simpson McLauchlan". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Seasons – 1910/11 to 1919/20" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 17 July 2018.