Joe Hogan (footballer, born 1938)

Joseph Hogan (born 1938) is a Scottish former footballer whose only club at the professional level was Partick Thistle.[1]

Joe Hogan
Personal information
Full name Joseph Hogan
Date of birth 1938 (age 82–83)
Place of birth Armadale, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 Newtongrange Star
1955–1967 Partick Thistle 199 (20)
National team
1960–1962 SFL trial v SFA 2 (0)
1961 Scotland U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Raised in West Lothian, Hogan originally played as a forward; he joined Partick Thistle as a teenager in 1955, having enjoyed a single, successful season in the Junior level with Newtongrange Star,[2] where he won the Edinburgh & District League alongside future Scotland star Alex Young.[3]

He was at the Jags during a relatively successful era for the club across the 1950s and early 60s, and played in two of their Scottish League Cup final appearances in the period (all of which were lost)[4] – against Celtic in 1956 and against Heart of Midlothian in the 1958 edition, by which point he had changed position and become established at right back.[2] Hogan did win the Glasgow Cup in the 1960–61 season,[5][6] and was involved in the club's challenge for the Scottish Football League title in the 1962–63 season, though they lost form after delays caused by a very harsh winter.[2]

He was selected once for the Scotland U23 team in 1961,[7] and played in two trial matches between the Scottish Football League XI and a SFA XI,[8] but was never capped for either team at full level.

Personal life

Outside football Hogan trained to become a schoolteacher, specialising in Physics, and was later an education officer for Strathclyde Regional Council.[2] He was also an accomplished golfer.[9]

References
  1. Partick Thistle 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. Thistle Stars From The Past | Joe Hogan, match programme, Partick Thistle FC, 20 December 1980 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  3. The History of Newtongrange Star | 1954/55 | Story of the Season, match programme, 11 October 2008, Newtongrange Star FC
  4. 'Jags Won't Be Overawed Like We Were', Evening Times, 1971 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  5. Dandy Thistle Forward Line Hard to Hold, Evening Times, 27 September 1954 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  6. Glasgow Cup For Partick Thistle, The Glasgow Herald, 27 October 1960 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  7. Scotland U23 player Hogan, Joe, FitbaStats
  8. Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
  9. Partick Thistle Player Beats English Internationalist, Evening Times, 25 August 1955 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
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