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English footballer and manager

Joe McClure
Personal information
Full name Joseph Henry McClure
Date of birth (1907-11-03)3 November 1907
Place of birth Cockermouth, England
Date of death 1973 (aged 65–66)
Place of death Derbyshire, England
Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Egremont
Workington
1926 Preston North End 0 (0)
Whitehaven Athletic
Preston North End
Leamington Town
Wallsend
1929–1933 Everton 29 (1)
1933–1934 Brentford 1 (0)
1934–1936 Exeter City 5 (0)
1936–1937 Nuneaton Town (3)
International career
1931 The FA XI 1
Managerial career
1936–1937 Nuneaton Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Henry McClure (3 November 1907 – 1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League and is remembered for his four years as a wing half with Everton. He later became a manager in non-League football with Nuneaton Town.

Personal life

McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure. He had four children with his wife Martha, before he "virtually abandoned" the family in the 1920s when his football career took off and later had four children with another woman. Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968. While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and he worked as a bar steward in later life. McClure's son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-League club Salterbeck. His great-nephew is Jon McClure, lead singer of Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 1929–30 First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1930–31 Second Division 15 1 5 0 20 1
1931–32 First Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
1932–33 First Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Total 29 1 5 0 34 1
Brentford 1933–34 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 30 1 5 0 35 1

Honours

Everton

Nuneaton Town

  • Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1937

References

  1. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 103. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 182. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. ^ "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2" (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. pp. 184, 206, 435. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ Cram, Phil. "Our forgotten sporting heroes". Times & Star. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. "Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Reverend & the Makers singer Jon McClure". BBC Sport. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Joe McClure". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 372. ISBN 0951526200.
  8. Everton F.C. at the Football Club History Database


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