Arthur Lochhead

Arthur William Lochhead (8 December 1897 – 30 December 1966) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward.[2][3][1]

Arthur Lochhead
Personal information
Full name Arthur William Lochhead[1]
Date of birth (1897-12-08)8 December 1897[2]
Place of birth Busby,[2] Scotland
Date of death 30 December 1966(1966-12-30) (aged 69)[2]
Place of death Edinburgh,[3] Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1921 Heart of Midlothian 25 (17)
1921–1925 Manchester United 147 (50)
1925–1934 Leicester City 303 (106)
Managerial career
1934–1936 Leicester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Having served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I,[3] Lochhead started his career with Heart of Midlothian, making his debut aged 21 in March 1919[5][lower-alpha 1] and soon came into consideration for the Scotland national team, taking part in the 1920 Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match[3][8][9] before transferring to Manchester United in a swap deal in 1921, with Hearts exchanging him for £530 and Tom Miller.

After scoring 50 goals in 153 appearances for United,[10] he transferred to Leicester City in 1925 for a club record fee,[3] where he found the net over 100 times,[11] played in another Scotland trial (the last of its kind) in 1928,[8][12] and was part of the side who finished Football League First Division runners-up in 1928–29. He later managed the Foxes for two years.[13]

Notes
  1. Some sources list him as being loaned to Clyde in 1919,[6] but checks of contemporary reports[7] show the player involved was defender Matty Lochhead (no relation).

References
  1. "Player search: Lochhead, AW (Arthur)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. "Arthur Lochhead". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. Hutchinson, John (9 July 2019). "The Transfer Record: Arthur Lochhead". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. Jacques (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Manchester United". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  5. Hearts Bag More Points. | Clyde Tumble At Tynecastle The Sunday Post, 23 March 1919, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  6. Lochhead Arthur Image 1 Manchester United 1922, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 26 March 2022
  7. Square At Shawfield. The Sunday Post, 5 January 1919, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  8. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. Football. | International Trial, The Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1920
  10. Arthur William Lochhead, MUFCinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2022
  11. Arthur Lochhead [player profile], FoxesTalk. Retrieved 26 March 2022
  12. Football. Anglo-Scots Trial., The Scotsman, 14 March 1928, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  13. Arthur Lochhead [manager profile], FoxesTalk. Retrieved 26 March 2022
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