Joe McClure

Joseph Henry McClure (3 November 1907 – 1973) was an English football wing half who played in the Football League, best remembered for his four years with Everton.[1] He later became a manager in non-league football with Nuneaton Borough.

Joe McClure
Personal information
Full name Joseph Henry McClure[1]
Date of birth (1907-11-03)3 November 1907
Place of birth Cockermouth, England[2]
Date of death 1973 (aged 65–66)[2]
Place of death Derbyshire, England
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 Borough (3)
National team
1931 The FA XI 1
Teams managed
1936–1937 Nuneaton Borough (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure.[3][4] 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.[3] Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968.[3] While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and worked as a bar steward in later life.[3] McClure's son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-league club Salterbeck.[3]

Honours

Everton

Nuneaton Town

  • Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1937[7]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 1929–30[6] First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1930–31[6] Second Division 15 1 5 0 20 1
1931–32[6] First Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
1932–33[6] 5 0 0 0 5 0
Total 29 1 5 0 34 1
Brentford 1933–34[8] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 30 1 5 0 35 1

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. Cram, P. "Times & Star – News – People – Our forgotten sporting heroes". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2" (PDF). p. 184. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. "Football Club History Database – Everton". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. "Joseph Mcclure". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 2 2015, p. 206.
  8. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 372. ISBN 0951526200.


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