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Scottish footballer

Matt Balunas
Personal information
Full name Matthew Balunas
Date of birth 7 January 1918
Place of birth Holytown, Scotland
Date of death 1 February 2006(2006-02-01) (aged 88)
Place of death Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Newarthill Hearts
1944–1955 Third Lanark  220 (0)
1955–1956 Stranraer  
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Balunas (7 January 1918 – 1 February 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back.

A member of North Lanarkshire's Lithuanian immigrant community, Balunas spent almost his entire senior career (which only began in his mid 20s due to World War II) with Third Lanark, winning two Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups and featuring on the losing side in four Glasgow Cup finals. He was considered to be a reliable, uncomplicated and defensive-minded player.

References

  1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Lithuanians in Lanarkshire". Legacies: UK history local to you. BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. Neil Brown. "Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. Exhilarating final at Hampden, Glasgow Herald, 12 May 1952
  5. Charity Cup For Third | Rangers Beaten, The Glasgow Herald, 8 May 1954
  6. Third Lanark's Weak Finishing, The Glasgow Herald, 1 October 1946
  7. Glasgow Cup for Celtic, The Glasgow Herald, 28 September 1948
  8. Easy Hampden Victory For Rangers, The Glasgow Herald, 29 September 1953
  9. Matt Balunas | Former Third Lanark full-back in the post-Second World War era, The Herald, 20 February 2006


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