Colin Buchan

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]

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.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

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
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[lower-alpha 1] 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
  1. Appearance in Glasgow Cup.

References
  1. "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. readers, .net UK. "1919–20". Test. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  5. 1891 Scotland Census
  6. "Buchan's Skill". Dundee People's Journal. 16 August 1919. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "Irish Football League – Proposed Second Division – Players and Retained List". Northern Whig and Belfast Post. 28 July 1921. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. "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.
  9. "Talk With Dundee's New Manager Glad to Return to Scotland". Dundee Courier. 7 June 1933. Retrieved 14 August 2017.


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