Joe Gallagher (footballer)

Joe Gallagher
Personal information
Full name Joseph Anthony Gallagher[1]
Date of birth (1955-01-11) 11 January 1955 (age 69)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool,[1] England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
0000–1970 Liverpool
1970–1972 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1981 Birmingham City 286 (17)
1979 → RoRe (loan) 7 (3)
1981–1982 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 (0)
1982–1983 West Ham United 9 (0)
1983–1987 Burnley 47 (3)
1983 → Halifax Town (loan) 4 (0)
1984 → Padiham (loan)
1994–1995 Kings Heath
International career
1980 England B 1 (0)
1991–1992 Atherstone United
1994–1995 Kings Heath
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Anthony Gallagher (born 11 January 1955) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-half for Birmingham City and various other clubs. He was a hard-working, competitive defender, good in the air (though less good on the ground), and his authority on the field was such that he was first chosen to captain the Birmingham side at the age of only 19.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Joe Gallagher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 0362-02017-5.
  3. ^ Clarkson, Ian (18 April 2004). "Skippers are key to Blues' success". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2007.