Matt McQueen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew McQueen | ||
| Date of birth | May 18, 1863 | ||
| Place of birth | Harthill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | September 28, 1944 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Various | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1885 | West Benhar | ||
| 1885–1887 | Leith Athletic | ||
| 1887–1890 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1890–1892 | Leith Athletic | ||
| 1892–1899 | Liverpool | 93 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1890–1891 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1923–1928 | Liverpool | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Matthew 'Matt' McQueen (May 18, 1863 – September 28, 1944) was a Scottish football player who became a director and manager of Liverpool F.C.
Born Harthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, McQueen played for Leith Athletic, twice, and Hearts before being signed by Liverpool managers John McKenna and William Barclay in October 1892. He made his debut on the 29 October 1892 at Anfield in the 9-0 thrashing of Newtown in a FA Cup 2nd round tie, he scored his first goal on the 3 December the same year, it was the opening goal of yet another thrashing, this time the 7-0 demolition of Fleetwood Rangers in the Lanchashire League.
Matt and his brother Hugh McQueen had been two of the many Scotsmen recruited by the Reds shortly after Liverpool were founded in 1892 following Everton’s decision to move from Anfield to Goodison Park. Both played in Liverpool’s first-ever Football League match, a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough Ironopolis at the Paradise Field on 2 September 1893. In fact Liverpool's first season in the Football League was an eventful one for Matt as he found himself playing in numerous positions including 5 games in the Reds goal, a position in became familiar with playing a total of 37 times in Liverpool's first 3 seasons in the league, this made Matt a unique record holder, he is the only man in English football history (probably the world) to have won championship winners medals, albeit second division, as both an outfield player and a goalkeeper.
Matt was part of the two Liverpool Second Division winning teams in 1893/94 and 1895/96. The all-rounder eventually played 150 matches for Liverpool in all ten outfield positions during his career, include 12 more appearances made in goal making it a grand total of 49 times between the sticks.
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