Joe McClure
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Henry McClure[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Cockermouth, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 1973 (aged 65–66)[2] | ||
Place of death | Derbyshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Egremont | |||
Workington | |||
1926 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
Whitehaven Athletic | |||
Preston North End | |||
Leamington Town | |||
Wallsend | |||
1929–1933 | Everton | 29 | (1) |
1933–1934 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
1934–1936 | Exeter City | 5 | (0) |
1936–1937 | Nuneaton Borough | (3) | |
International career | |||
1931 | The FA XI | 1 | |
Managerial career | |||
1936–1937 | Nuneaton Borough (player-manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Henry McClure (3 November 1907 – 1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League and is remembered for his four years as a wing half with Everton.[1] He later became a manager in non-League football with Nuneaton Borough.
Personal life
[edit]McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure.[3][4] He had four children with his wife Martha, before he "virtually abandoned" the family in the 1920s when his football career took off and later had four children with another woman.[3] Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968.[3] While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and worked as a bar steward in later life.[3] McClure's son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-League club Salterbeck.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 1929–30[5] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1930–31[5] | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
1931–32[5] | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
1932–33[5] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
Brentford | 1933–34[6] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
Honours
[edit]Everton
Nuneaton Town
- Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1937[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 103. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 182. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e Cram, Phil. "Our forgotten sporting heroes". Times & Star. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2" (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. pp. 184, 206. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Joseph Mcclure". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 372. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ Everton F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- 1907 births
- 1973 deaths
- Sportspeople from Cockermouth
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Egremont F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Whitehaven Athletic F.C. players
- Leamington F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- Nuneaton Town F.C. managers
- Footballers from Cumbria
- English football midfielder, 1900s birth stubs