Lachie McMillan
Lachlan McMillan (1900–1983) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left, mainly for Hamilton Academical and Heart of Midlothian.[2][3][1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lachlan McMillan | ||
| Date of birth | 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1983 (aged 82–83) | ||
| Place of death | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Larkhall Thistle | ||
| 1919–1920 | Petershill | ||
| 1920 | Rutherglen Glencairn | ||
| 1920–1924 | Hamilton Academical | 111 | (33) |
| 1922 | → Royal Albert (loan) | ||
| 1924–1934 | Heart of Midlothian | 163 | (50) |
| 1931 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 1932–1933 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 1934 | Third Lanark | 9 | (0) |
| 1934–1937 | Elgin City | ||
| Total | 307 | (87) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1934–1937 | Elgin City | ||
| Armadale Thistle | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He made more than 300 appearances in the Scottish Football League's top division across 14 seasons but won no major honours (he won the minor Lanarkshire Cup, Rosebery Charity Cup, Dunedin Cup, East of Scotland Shield and Wilson Cup with his two main clubs, and played on the losing side in the Glasgow Cup final of 1932, while on loan to Partick Thistle).[4] He scored a hat-trick on his Hearts debut in the Wilson Cup final of 1924, an Edinburgh Derby victory over Hibernian.[5]
The closest he came to any representative honours was an appearance in an SFL XI trial in 1925.[6]
As his playing career came to an end, McMillan had a spell at Elgin City (then members of the Highland League) as player-manager, winning the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1935,[7] and later served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.[2]
References
- Lachlan McMillan, AFC Heritage Trust
- McMillan, Lachie (1921), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- Lachlan Macmillan, London Hearts Supporters Club
- Glasgow Cup Final | Rangers Retain Trophy, The Glasgow Herald, 17 October 1932, via Partick Thistle History Archive
- Success Of Hearts' New Player, The Scotsman, 23 April 1924, via London Hearts Supporters Club
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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