Peter McKennan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Stewart McKennan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 28 September 1991 (aged 73)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Dundonald, Scotland[1] | ||
| Playing position | Inside Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Whitburn | ? | (?) | |
| 1936–1947 | Partick Thislte | 131 | (76) |
| 1943–1944 | → Brentford (guest) | 20 | (14) |
| 1947–1948 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | (4) |
| 1948 | Leicester City | 18 | (7) |
| 1948–1949 | Brentford | 24 | (6) |
| 1949–1951 | Middlesbrough | 40 | (18) |
| 1951–1954 | Oldham Athletic | 78 | (28) |
| 1954–1955 | Coleraine | 62 | (29) |
| Total | 364 | (168) | |
| National team | |||
| 1937–1938 | Scottish League XI[2] | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Peter Stewart McKennan (16 July 1918-September 1991), was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish and English leagues.
He began his career with Partick Thistle in 1934, and although his career was interrupted by World War II, he remained with them when senior football was resumed. McKennan moved south of the border to join West Bromwich Albion for £10,000 in October 1947. Between then and the mid-1950s, he played a total of 171 league games and scored 63 goals in the Football League, also taking in spells for Leicester City, Brentford, Middlesbrough and finally Oldham Athletic. As of January 2015, McKennan is the third of three Brentford players to register five goals in a single league match.[3] He had a brief spell as player-manager of Coleraine in Northern Ireland before retiring from football in 1956.
He died in September 1991 at the age of 73.
References
- 1 2 3 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Peter McKennan". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Peter McKennan - Scotland Football League Record from 22 Sep 1937 to 07 Sep 1938 clubs - Partick Thistle". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Wrexham 14/09/04. Newbury: Dunwoody Sports Marketing. 2004. p. 46.