Ed McLaine
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward MacLaine | ||
Date of birth | approx. 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
Date of death | June 14, 1972 | ||
Place of death | Canada | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1922–1923 | Albion Rovers | 9 | (0) |
1923–1924 | Dykehead | 1 | (0) |
1923–1924 | → Mid-Annandale (loan) | 12 | (6) |
Montreal Maroons | |||
1926–1927 | Providence | 35 | (21) |
National team | |||
1925–1926 | Canada | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ed MacLaine or McLaine was a Scottish-Canadian soccer player who earned two caps with Canada in 1925 and 1926. He played professionally in Canada and the American Soccer League. He was 73 years old when he died on June 14, 1972.
Player[]
Club[]
Born in or around 1899, MacLaine began his career in his native Scotland with Albion Rovers, Dykehead and Mid-Annandale.[1] In 1924, he moved to Canada where he played for four teams: , Montreal Maroons, and .[2] He briefly moved south to join Providence of the American Soccer League. In his first year in the league, he scored twenty-one goals in thirty-two league games.[3][4] In 1927, he began the season with Providence, played three games, then left the team to return to Canada. After his return, he played for Carsteel in 1930 and 1931. In 1931, Montreal Carsteel went to the finals of the National Soccer League; Although McLaine scored two goals, Carsteel fell to .[5]
International[]
On June 27, 1926, MacLaine scored the only goal as Canada defeated the United States.[6]
Executive[]
In 1950, MacLaine was the vice-president of the Quebec Soccer Federation.[7]
References[]
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Jose, Colin (1998). Keeping Score - Canadian Encyclopedia of Soccer. Vaughan, Ontario: The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 162. ISBN 0-9683800-0-X.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1927". Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ Ed McLaine, SoccerStats.us
- ^ National Soccer League Finals, Canadian Soccer History
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
- ^ L'histoire du Soccer Québécois
External links[]
- Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
- Ed MacLaine, Canada Soccer
- 1907 births
- 1972 deaths
- Sportspeople from Coatbridge
- Albion Rovers F.C. players
- Dykehead F.C. players
- Mid-Annandale F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Montreal Carsteel players
- Montreal Maroons (soccer) players
- Providence Clamdiggers players
- Association football forwards
- Scottish emigrants to Canada
- Soccer people from Quebec
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian National Soccer League players