Bart McGhee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bartholomew McGhee | ||
| Date of birth | April 30, 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | January 26, 1979 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Philadelphia, United States | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Left Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1917–1919 | New York Shipbuilding | ||
| 1919–1921 | Wolfenden Shore | ||
| 1921–1922 | Philadelphia Hibernian | ||
| 1922–1924 | New York Field Club | 48 | (23) |
| 1924–1925 | Fleisher Yarn | 31 | (10) |
| 1925–1931 | New York Nationals | 253 | (97) |
| 1929 | → Philadelphia Field Club (loan) | 18 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1930 | United States | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bartholomew "Bertie" or "Bart" McGhee (April 30, 1899 in Edinburgh, Scotland – January 26, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American soccer forward who typically played left wing forward. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and scored the second goal in World Cup history against Belgium. He was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
McGhee was the son of former Hibernian player and Heart of Midlothian manager James McGhee, and the brother of Philadelphia Field Club forward Jimmy McGhee. McGhee's father was a renowned Scottish player who appeared with Scotland in an 1886 game with Wales. McGhee's father had a controversial term as the manager of Hearts. When he finally resigned on December 6, 1909, he began assessing his options. In September 1910 he decided to leave Scotland and emigrate to the United States. It took Jimmy McGhee two years to get settled and it was not until 1912 that McGhee, his mother and younger brother Jimmy joined his father in the U.S. When they arrived in the U.S., the family settled in Philadelphia.
When he was nineteen, McGhee began playing for New York Shipbuilding, located in Camden, New Jersey, of the South Jersey League. The next season, he moved to Wolfenden Shore, of the Allied American Football Association; playing with them until at least March 1921 when he was on trial with Bethlehem Steel F.C. before moving to Philadelphia Hibernian of the National Soccer League of Philadelphia. He played with them from 1921 to 1922.
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