Patrick Galvin
Personal information
Full name Patrick Galvin[1]
Date of birth 1882
Place of birth Glossop, England[2]
Date of death 17 October 1918 (aged 35–36)[3]
Place of death Cambrai, France
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1908 Glossop 20 (4)
1908–1910 Rochdale 65 (15)
Eccles Borough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Galvin MM (1882 – 17 October 1918), sometimes known as Paddy Galvin,[2] was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Glossop.[1] He was the first ever Rochdale player to be sent off.[2]

Personal life

Galvin was born in Glossop to Irish parents and worked as labourer in a paper works.[2] He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Gallipoli, Salonika, Egypt and on the Western Front during the First World War.[4] While serving as an acting lance corporal, Galvin was killed during the Battle of Cambrai in France on 17 October 1918 and his Military Medal was gazetted posthumously on 13 June 1919.[2][4] He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau-Cambrésis.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1908–09[5] Lancashire Combination Second Division 30 10 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 32 10
1909–10[5] 35 5 0 0 5[lower-alpha 2] 0 40 5
Career total 65 15 1 0 6 0 72 15
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Lancashire Junior Cup

Honours

Rochdale

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 106. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Remembering Our Former Players Who Lost Their Lives During WW1 This Armistice Day". Rochdale AFC. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Patrick Galvin | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC : The Official History, 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
  6. ↑ Rochdale A.F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  7. ↑ Lancashire Football Association Directory of Members Handbook 2007–08. Lancashire: Lancashire County Football Association. 2007.
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