Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Mackin | ||
Date of birth | 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Date of death | 9 April 1917 (aged 38) | ||
Place of death | Vimy Ridge, France | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
0000–1899 | Hebburn Argyle | ||
1899–1903 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
1903–1905 | Wallsend Park Villa | ||
1905–1907 | Lincoln City | 54 | (21) |
1907–1908 | Wallsend Park Villa | ||
1908–1910 | Blyth Spartans | ||
1910–1911 | Bedlington United | ||
Ashington | |||
Willington Athletic | |||
Newburn | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Mackin (sometimes Machin) (1878 – 9 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside right.
Career
An inside right, Mackin had a long career in non-League football in his native North East, most notably with North Eastern League club Blyth Spartans. He scored 21 goals in 54 Football League appearances for Lincoln City.
Personal life
Mackin was married with five children and worked as a shipyard labourer in Hebburn, Wallsend and Blyth. He served as a private in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was wounded on the first day on the Somme. Mackin was killed during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery.
Honours
Blyth Spartans
- Northern Football Alliance: 1908–09
- Tynemouth Infirmary Cup: 1908–09, 1909–10
Bedlington United
- Tynemouth Infirmary Cup: 1910–11
References
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Mackin, P., Pte., 1917". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "? Mackin". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "The Fallen Spartans of the Great War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Peter Machin". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- "Meet the Singers: Our River Stories 3 – Barbara Roper". Sing United. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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- Footballers from Gateshead
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Hebburn Argyle F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
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- Bedlington United A.F.C. players
- Military personnel from Tyne and Wear
- Ashington A.F.C. players
- Willington Athletic F.C. players
- Newburn F.C. players
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- British Army personnel of World War I
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