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Peter Mackin (Machin)
Personal information
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

Bedlington United

  • Tynemouth Infirmary Cup: 1910–11

References

  1. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Mackin, P., Pte., 1917". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "? Mackin". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ^ "The Fallen Spartans of the Great War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. "Peter Machin". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  7. "Meet the Singers: Our River Stories 3 – Barbara Roper". Sing United. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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