John Buchanan (footballer, born 1928)

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John Buchanan
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-06-09)9 June 1928
Place of birth Allandale, Scotland
Date of death December 2000 (aged 72)
Place of death Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Kilsyth Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1955 Clyde 132 (69)
1955–1957 Derby County 32 (12)
1957–1963 Bradford Park Avenue 164 (67)
Total 328 (148)
International career
1952 Scotland B[1] 1 (0)
1953 Scotland XI[2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Buchanan (9 June 1928 – December 2000) was a Scottish football striker.[3]

Buchanan started his career with Clyde, and his prolific form saw him get a move to Derby County. He also played for Bradford Park Avenue, before retiring in 1963.

He is only one of a handful of Clyde players to have scored four goals in a single match.[4]

Derby County won the Third Division North title in 1956–57,[5] but Buchanan only played six league games with a return of five goals.[6]

Buchanan was Bradford's leading scorer with 21 goals from 42 games (in 1960–61),[7] as the team won promotion to the Third Division.[7] He was also top scorer with 23 goals in 1958–59.

Buchanan received a Scotland B cap in 1952, when he played against a France B team in a 0-0 draw in Toulouse.[1] In addition, he featured for a Scotland XI in an international trial match against the British Army in 1953.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Club Division Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clyde Scottish Division A 1949–50[8] 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1950–51[9] 27 9 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 30 9
Scottish Division B 1951–52[10] 30 17 2 1 6 6 14[b] 10[b] 52 34
Scottish Division A 1952–53[11] 23 13 2 2 6 5 1[c] 0 32 20
1953–54[12] 29 16 2 1 5 4 2[d] 0 37 19
1954–55[13] 20 13 0 0 6 3 2[e] 1[e] 28 17
Total 132 69 7 4 23 18 21 11 173 106

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app) and Glasgow Charity Cup (1 app)
  2. ^ a b Includes St Mungo Cup (3 apps), Supplementary Cup (5 apps, 7 goals), Glasgow Cup (3 apps, 3 goals) and Glasgow Charity Cup (3 apps)
  3. ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app)
  4. ^ Includes Glasgow Cup (1 app) and Glasgow Charity Cup (1 app)
  5. ^ a b Includes Glasgow Cup (2 apps, 1 goal)

Honours[edit]

Clyde

Derby County

Bradford Park

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "John Buchanan". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Army Goal Relieves Hampden Boredom". Glasgow Herald. PTFC Archive. 3 May 1953. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ "John Buchanan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Gormley Joins Unique Club". Clyde FC. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Anton Rippon: A packed Baseball Ground for Derby County home games? It wasn't always that way". Derby Telegraph. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Jock Buchanan, Derby County". 11v11.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Bradford Park Avenue 1967-70: Part One – The Jack Rowley era by Ian Brown". Bradford Sports History. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ "1949 – 1950 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ^ "1950 – 1951 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ^ "1951 – 1952 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ^ "1952 – 1953 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  12. ^ "1953 – 1954 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  13. ^ "1954 – 1955 Fixtures". Clyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  14. ^ "1951–52: Clyde 5 v 1 St. Johnstone". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
    "1951–52: St Johnstone 2 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  15. ^ "1951–52: Celtic 1 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  16. ^ "1949–50: Rangers 2 v 1 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  17. ^ "1951–52: Third Lanark 2 v 2 Clyde". Clyde FC. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

External links[edit]

  • John Buchanan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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