Colin Buchan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Linwood Buchan | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 April 1947 (age 56) | ||
| Position | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Queen's Park | 20 | (4) |
| St Bernard's | |||
| 1919–1920 | Dundee | 6 | (1) |
| 1920–1921 | Linfield | ||
| 1923– | Peebles Rovers F.C. | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Colin Linwood Buchan (1890 – 16 April 1947) was a Scottish professional football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][2][3]
Buchan was born in Bradford, Yorkshire,[4] to Scottish parents James Buchan of Hawick, Roxburghshire and Mary Jane Buchan of Peebles, Scottish Borders. His father was a woolsorter, but they moved back to Peebles shortly after Colin's birth.[5]
On 25 August 1914, just over three weeks after Britain's entry into the First World War, Buchan enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.[2] He became a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant and was wounded late in the war,[2] but recovered and returned to football.
Buchan played in England, Scotland,[6] and Northern Ireland, signed to play for Linfield F.C. in 1920.[7] He returned to his hometown and played for the Peebles Rovers F.C. in 1923.[8]
In 1933, when Billy McCandless returned to manage Dundee, he recalled of Buchan, "The last year I was with Linfield I had as a colleague one of the most gentlemanly footballers who ever kicked a ball in Ireland, Colin Buchan, who came from Dundee."[9]
He died in 1947 and is buried at Peebles St Andrews Cemetery.
