Eddie Connachan

Eddie Connachan
Personal information
Full name Edward Devlin Connachan[1]
Date of birth (1935-08-27)27 August 1935
Place of birth Prestonpans, Scotland
Date of death 29 January 2021(2021-01-29) (aged 85)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Dalkeith Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Dunfermline Athletic 126 (0)
1963–1966 Middlesbrough 95 (0)
1966–1968 Falkirk 27 (0)
1968 Port Elizabeth City
1969–1972 East London Celtic / -United
International career
1961–1962 Scotland 2 (0)
1961–1962 Scottish League XI 4 (0)
1962[2] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Devlin Connachan (27 August 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, Falkirk, East London Celtic and the Scotland national team.

Connachan joined Dunfermline from Dalkeith Thistle in May 1957 and went on to play 172 games for Dunfermline. He helped the club win the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1961 in what was to become known as "Connachan's Cup Final" as he made save after save from the Celtic forwards and he earned two caps for Scotland, against Czechoslovakia in November 1961 and Hungary in May 1962.[3] He also earned selection in the Scottish League representative side.[4]

Connachan joined Middlesbrough in August 1963 for £5,500, returning to Scotland with Falkirk in November 1966.[4] His final port of call was South Africa, where he played for East London Celtic before retiring. He still resided in the African state.[5]

In March 2007 Connachan was inducted into Dunfermline Athletic's Hall of Fame.[5]

Connachan died in January 2021, aged 85.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Connachan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Eddie Connachan at the Scottish Football Association
  4. ^ a b Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986 (Hardback). Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4. ().
  5. ^ a b "Third Hall of Fame induction". Dunfermline Athletic. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  6. ^ Hart, Ross (29 January 2021). "Eddie Connachan, Dunfermline 1961 Scottish Cup winner, dies". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 30 January 2021.