Peter McKennan
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Stewart McKennan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 July 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 28 September 1991[1] | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Dundonald, Scotland[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1934 | Whitburn | ||
1934–1947 | Partick Thistle | 131 | (76) |
1936 | → Raith Rovers (loan) | 1 | (1) |
1939 | → Linfield (guest) | ||
1940 | → Glentoran (guest) | ||
1941–1942 | → West Bromwich Albion (guest) | ||
1942–1943 | → Chelsea (guest) | ||
1943–1944 | → Brentford (guest) | ||
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) |
1954–1956 | Coleraine | 62 | (29) |
Total | 365 | (169) | |
International career | |||
1937–1938 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (1) |
Irish League XI | |||
1940 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1954–1956 | Coleraine (player-manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Stewart McKennan (16 July 1918 – 28 September 1991) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish and English leagues, most notably for Partick Thistle, for whom he scored 113 goals in 198 appearances in all competitions. McKennan represented the Scottish and Irish League representative teams and is a member of the Partick Thistle Hall of Fame. He was nicknamed "Ma Ba" ("my ball"), due to his desire to receive the ball into feet and dictate play.[3]
Club career
[edit]An inside forward, McKennan began his senior career with Scottish League First Division club Partick Thistle in 1934 and though his career was interrupted by Second World War,[4] he remained with the club through the war.[5][6] He made nearly 200 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 113 goals and was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[5][7] McKennan moved south of the border to join Second Division club West Bromwich Albion (for whom he had guested during the war) for a £10,650 fee in October 1947.[8][9]
McKennan went on to play for Football League clubs Leicester City, Brentford, Middlesbrough and Oldham Athletic and scored 63 goals in 171 appearances,[1] before moving to Northern Ireland in 1954, where he played out two injury-ravaged seasons as player-manager of Coleraine.[3][8][10] As of December 2018, McKennan is the third of three Brentford players to register five goals in a single league match.[8]
International career
[edit]After making appearances for the Scottish and Irish League representative teams,[11][citation needed] McKennan scored on his solitary appearance for Scotland in a 3–2 win over an Irish XI on 28 April 1940.[12]
Personal life
[edit]McKennan served in the British Army during the Second World War and saw action as a Command Sergeant-Major on D-Day.[13]
Honours
[edit]As a player
[edit]Oldham Athletic
As a manager
[edit]Coleraine
- North West Senior Cup: 1954–55, 1955–56[10]
As an individual
[edit]- Partick Thistle Hall of Fame[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Partick Thistle | 1935–36[14] | Scottish First Division | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
1936–37[14] | 33 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 21 | ||
1937–38[14] | 35 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 24 | ||
1938–39[14] | 34 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 25 | ||
Total | 121 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 131 | 76 | ||
Raith Rovers (loan) | 1936–37[14] | Scottish Second Division | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 1947–48[15] | Second Division | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
Leicester City | 1947–48[16] | Second Division | 11 | 4 | — | 11 | 4 | |
1948–49[16] | 7 | 3 | — | 7 | 3 | |||
Total | 18 | 7 | — | 18 | 7 | |||
Brentford | 1948–49[17] | Second Division | 24 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9 |
Middlesbrough | 1949–50[18] | First Division | 33 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 16 |
1950–51[18] | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
Total | 40 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 19 | ||
Career total | 215 | 106 | 19 | 10 | 234 | 116 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Peter McKennan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Peter McKennan – The Thistle Archive". www.thethistlearchive.net. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ a b Martyn, Williams; Williams, Orig (3 September 2013). El Bandito – The Autobiography of Orig Williams. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-84771-778-8.
- ^ Peter McKennan, Partick Thistle match programme, 8 October 1991 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
- ^ a b c "Peter McKennan". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "McKennan Peter Partick Thistle 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Players Mac / Mc". partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (18 November 2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 (First ed.). Yore Publications. p. 106. ISBN 9780955294914.
- ^ "Albion Till We Die - An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website". www.albiontillwedie.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ a b "After World War Two | Coleraine FC". Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Peter S McKennan – Scotland Football League Record from 22 Sep 1937 to 07 Sep 1938 clubs – Partick Thistle". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Peter S McKennan". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Philip, Robert (30 November 2007). "Enduring legend of Peter 'Ma Ba' McKennan". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website". www.albiontillwedie.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Peter McKennan | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 380. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b "Peter McKennan". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Peter McKennan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Peter McKennan at ptfc.co.uk