James Hill Galt (11 August 1885 – 17 November 1935) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half for Rangers and Everton.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Hill Galt[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Saltcoats, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1935 (aged 50)[2][3] | ||
| Place of death | Whitecraigs, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ardrossan Winton Rovers | |||
| –1906 | Ardeer Thistle | ||
| 1906–1914 | Rangers | 185 | (5) |
| 1914–1916 | Everton | 32 | (2) |
| 1916 | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
| 1920 | Third Lanark | 0 | (0) |
| Alloa Athletic | |||
| International career | |||
| 1908 | Scotland | 2 | (1) |
| 1911–1912 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| 1916 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editGalt played with Rangers for eight years between 1906 and 1914.[5] He made 240 appearances and scored six goals for the club.[5] During his time at Ibrox he won three Scottish league championships, two Glasgow Cups and three Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups, as well as the Edinburgh Exhibition Cup in 1908.[6]
Galt swapped Glasgow for Merseyside in 1914 and joined Everton. He made 36 appearances for the Toffees and scored four goals.[7] Despite captaining them to the First Division title,[8] he left after only one season when World War I took hold and official football was suspended in England, returning to Scotland to play for Partick Thistle and Third Lanark. He guested for Fulham during the war.[9]
International career
editGalt won his two Scotland caps in May 1908.[10] He scored on his second appearance, against Ireland on 14 May.[10] Galt also played and scored in one unofficial wartime international, against England on 13 May 1916.[11]
Military service
editDuring the First World War he served with Army Service Corps and latterly the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a Second Lieutenant.[12] He was wounded in action, suffering severe shell-shock, which meant that he did not resume his football career to any great extent after the war ended.[4]
Personal life (military service)
editGalt was also an accomplished golfer: he battled for the 'Scottish Professional Footballers Golf Championship' with Jimmy Lawson of Dundee who later switched sports to turn professional in the United States.[13]
After retiring from football, Galt ran a series of billiard halls with ex-Rangers teammate Jimmy Gordon.[14]
References
edit- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 106. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Death of Glasgow Motor Agent | Former International Footballer, The Glasgow Herald, 18 November 1935
- ^ a b (Smith 2013, p. 93)
- ^ a b "Rangers Player James Galt Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Football. | Rangers v. Dundee, The Glasgow Herald, 13 August 1908
- ^ "Jimmy Galt | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Eunson, John (18 April 2012). Sporting Scots: How Scotland Brought Sport to the World–and the World Wouldn't Let Us Win. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 9781845024253.
- ^ "Fulham and The First World War – University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Galt Jimmy Image 1 Rangers 1912". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "James H Galt". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "James Hill Galt | Service Record". Football and the First World War r. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ The Hawthorns Series (page 10), Robert Bradley and Douglas Gorman, Scottish Sport History, October 1914
- ^ "Jimmy Gordon". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- Sources
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
