Peter Buchanan (footballer, born 1938)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1960 | Pollok | ||
1960–1969 | Queen's Park | 210 | (124) |
International career | |||
1961–1966 | Scotland Amateurs | 17 | (11) |
1964 | Great Britain | 2 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Gordon Blyth Buchanan (born 14 February 1938) is a Scottish retired amateur footballer who made over 200 appearances as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][2] He later served on the club's committee and as president.[3] He is Scotland's joint-top scorer at amateur level and made two 1964 Summer Olympic qualifying appearances for Great Britain.[4]
Honours
[edit]Scotland Amateurs
- FA Centenary Amateur International Tournament[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Buchanan, Peter Gordon Blyth". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – B". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Old rivalry renewed". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ McColl, Gorman & Campbell 2017, p. 221.
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Living people
- 1938 births
- Queen's Park F.C. non-playing staff
- Pollok F.C. players
- Scotland men's amateur international footballers
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1930s birth stubs