Peter Mackin

Peter Mackin
Personal information
Full name Peter Mackin[1]
Date of birth 1878
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 9 April 1917 (aged 3839)[1]
Place of death Vimy Ridge, France[1]
Playing position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hebburn Argyle
1899–1903 Sunderland
1903–1905 Wallsend Park Villa
1905–1907 Lincoln City 54 (21)
1907–1910 Blyth Spartans
Bedlington United
Ashington
Willington Athletic
Newburn
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Peter Mackin (1878 – 9 April 1917) was an English professional football inside right who played in the Football League for Lincoln City.[2] He had a long career in non-league football in his native North East.[3]

Personal life

Mackin served as a private in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917.[1] He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery.[1]

Honours

Blyth Spartans

Bedlington United

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 187. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "North East War Memorials Project - Every Name A Story Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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