Jimmy Galt
Scottish footballer (1885–1935)
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James Hill Galt (11 August 1885 – 17 November 1935) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half for Rangers and Everton.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Hill Galt[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Saltcoats, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1935 (aged 50)[2][3] | ||
| Place of death | Whitecraigs, Scotland | ||
| Position | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ardrossan Winton Rovers | |||
| –1906 | Ardeer Thistle | ||
| 1906–1914 | Rangers | 185 | (5) |
| 1914–1916 | Everton | 32 | (2) |
| 1916 | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
| 1920 | Third Lanark | 0 | (0) |
| Alloa Athletic | |||
| International career | |||
| 1908 | Scotland | 2 | (1) |
| 1911–1912 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| 1916 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Galt played with Rangers for eight years between 1906 and 1914.[5] He made 240 appearances and scored six goals for the club.[5] During his time at Ibrox he won three Scottish league championships, two Glasgow Cups and three Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups, as well as the Edinburgh Exhibition Cup in 1908.[6]
Galt swapped Glasgow for Merseyside in 1914 and joined Everton. He made 36 appearances for the Toffees and scored four goals.[7] Despite captaining them to the First Division title,[8] he left after only one season when World War I took hold and official football was suspended in England, returning to Scotland to play for Partick Thistle and Third Lanark. He guested for Fulham during the war.[9]
International career
Military service
During the First World War he served with Army Service Corps and latterly the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a Second Lieutenant.[12] He was wounded in action, suffering severe shell-shock, which meant that he did not resume his football career to any great extent after the war ended.[4]
Personal life (military service)
Galt was also an accomplished golfer: he battled for the 'Scottish Professional Footballers Golf Championship' with Jimmy Lawson of Dundee who later switched sports to turn professional in the United States.[13]
After retiring from football, Galt ran a series of billiard halls with ex-Rangers teammate Jimmy Gordon.[14]
