Colin Buchan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Linwood Buchan | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 April 1947 (age 56) | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Queen's Park | 20 | (4) |
| St Bernard's | |||
| 1919–1920 | Dundee | 6 | (1) |
| 1920–1921 | Linfield | ||
| 1923– | Peebles Rovers F.C. | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Colin Linwood Buchan (1890 – 16 April 1947) was a Scottish professional football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Buchan was born in Bradford, Yorkshire,[4] to Scottish parents James Buchan of Hawick, Roxburghshire and Mary Jane Buchan of Peebles, Scottish Borders. His father was a woolsorter, but they moved back to Peebles shortly after Colin's birth.[5]
On 25 August 1914, just over three weeks after Britain's entry into the First World War, Buchan enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.[2] He became a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant and was wounded late in the war,[2] but recovered and returned to football.
Buchan played in England, Scotland,[6] and Northern Ireland, signed to play for Linfield F.C. in 1920.[7] He returned to his hometown and played for the Peebles Rovers F.C. in 1923.[8]
In 1933, when Billy McCandless returned to manage Dundee, he recalled of Buchan, "The last year I was with Linfield I had as a colleague one of the most gentlemanly footballers who ever kicked a ball in Ireland, Colin Buchan, who came from Dundee."[9]
He died in 1947 and is buried at Peebles St Andrews Cemetery.
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen's Park | 1913–14[1] | Scottish League First Division | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| Dundee | 1919–20[3] | Scottish League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| Career total | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At October 2016 – Appendix 2" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b readers, .net UK. "1919–20". Test. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ^ 1891 Scotland Census
- ^ "Buchan's Skill". Dundee People's Journal. 16 August 1919. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Irish Football League – Proposed Second Division – Players and Retained List". Northern Whig and Belfast Post. 28 July 1921. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Facts for Football Followers". Dundee Courier. 31 October 1922. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Colin Buchan, the former Queen's Park, Dundee, and Belfast Linfield forward, played a brilliant game at outside right, for Peebles Rovers in their Qualifying Cup tie against Fraserburgh. He scored twice.
- ^ "Talk With Dundee's New Manager Glad to Return to Scotland". Dundee Courier. 7 June 1933. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- St Bernard's F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Linfield F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
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