Michael Gilhooley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 November 1894[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 May 1969 (aged 74)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Troon, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | → Abercorn (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1914–1918 | Vale of Leven | 15 | (0) |
| 1918–1920 | Clydebank | 57 | (2) |
| 1920–1922 | Hull City | 67 | (0) |
| 1922–1925 | Sunderland | 19 | (0) |
| 1925–1927 | Bradford City | 52 | (0) |
| 1927–1928 | Queen's Park Rangers | 9 | (0) |
| Troon Athletic | |||
| Total | 228 | (2) | |
| National team | |||
| 1922 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Michael Gilhooley (26 November 1894 – 17 May 1969) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-half. He represented Scotland once at international level.
Career[]
Born in Edinburgh but with much of his early life spent in Fife, Gilhooley played junior football for , then played for Celtic, Abercorn, Vale of Leven, Clydebank, Hull City, Sunderland, Bradford City and Queens Park Rangers, before returning to junior football with Troon Athletic.[2][3][4][5]
At Hull he made 67 league and 5 FA Cup appearances.[6] At Sunderland he made 19 league appearances,[7] having suffered a broken leg soon after joining the club.[8]
He signed for Bradford City in May 1925, and left the club in May 1927.[9] He made 52 appearances in the Football League for them, as well as 1 FA Cup appearance.[10] He then moved to London with QPR, making 9 league appearances in his single season at Loftus Road.[11]
Gilhooley earned one international cap for Scotland in 1922.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b (Scotland player) Michael Gilhooley, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Michael Gilhooley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Michael Gilhooley at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Profile". Scottish FA.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ "TigerBase - Players". tigerbase.hullcity.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Charlie Buchan (2011). Charles Buchan: A Lifetime in Football. Random House. ISBN 9781845969271.
- ^ Frost, p. 396
- ^ Frost, p. 382
- ^ Seasonal Stats | Files, QPRnet
- Sources
- Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
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- 1894 births
- 1969 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Abercorn F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Vale of Leven F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. (1914) players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Association football central defenders
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Scottish football defender, 1890s birth stubs