Anthony Gallagher

Gallagher was born in 1963^[2] in Dungloe, Ireland^[3] but for most of his career was based in Perth^[4] and in 1988 he became the Scottish number 1 ranked player.^[5]

A postal worker by profession, he won three consecutive singles titles at the Scottish National Badminton Championships from 1988 to 1990^[6][7] and won the 1989 Irish Open.^[8]

Gallagher represented the Scottish team^[1] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where he competed in the badminton events.^[9] Despite playing for Scotland for 4 years, he nearly missed the Games because he only held an Irish passport at the time.^[3] Shortly after the Games in September 1990 he announced his retirement.^[10]