George McLachlan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Hardie McLachlan | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Place of death | Branford, Connecticut | ||
| Playing position |
Outside left Wing half |
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| Youth career | |||
| Crosshill Amateurs | |||
| Parkhead Juniors | |||
| Rutherglen Glencairn | |||
| Queen's Park Strollers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–? | Clyde | ? | (?) |
| ?–? | → King's Park Strollers (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1925–1929 | Cardiff City | 140 | (22) |
| 1929–1933 | Manchester United | 110 | (4) |
| 1933–1934 | Chester | 29 | (7) |
| 1934–1935 | Le Havre | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1934–1935 | Le Havre | ||
| 1935–1937 | Queen of the South | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George Hardie McLachlan (21 September 1902 - unknown) was an FA Cup-winning Scottish footballer and manager. He was born in Glasgow and played as an outside left or at wing half.
Born in Glasgow, McLachlan began his football career at Crosshill Amateurs before joining Celtic as a junior but stayed for only two weeks before joining Clyde. McLachlan joined Clyde and spent three years with the then Shawfield Stadium football club, interrupted by a short loan spell at King's Park Strollers.
McLachlan, a speedy left winger, was then transferred in November 1925 for a fee of £2,000. He joined the strongest Cardiff City side in the club's history. Promoted to the top division in 1921, they had finished runners up in the 1923-24 League Championship (a late penalty miss in the last game of the season cost the Welsh side the title) and in the 1924-25 FA Cup. Fellow Scot Hughie Ferguson also joined in 1925. Many Football League clubs were interested in signing McLachlan but he was persuaded to join City as his father was captain of a ship that regularly called at Cardiff docks. Much to McLachlan's disappointment he missed out on an international cap in 1926 with a broken leg picked up against Leicester City. The high point of McLachlan's career came with Cardiff City when he was part of their victory in the 1927 FA Cup Final. McLachlan recovered from the broken leg in 1926 to star in Cardiff's FA Cup triumph. At Cardiff, McLachlan moved from outside left to wing half. He played 139 league games, hitting 22 goals. While at Cardiff, in 1928, he played for the Anglo-Scots against the Home-Scots in an international trial match at Firhill.
He left the Bluebirds in December 1929 for top division Manchester United, where he captained the side between the departure of Jack Wilson in 1932 and the appointment of Louis Page as captain. McLachlan scored four goals in 116 games for the Red Devils.
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