Dave McEachran

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Dave McEachran
Personal information
Full name	David McEachran
Date of birth
Place of birth	Clydebank, Scotland
Playing position	Wing Forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1924 1926 1926-1928 1928 1928 1929 1929 1929 1929-1930 1930-1932	Clydebank Preston North End Fall River Marksmen Boston Wonder Workers IRT Rangers Boston Wonder Workers Boston Bears New Bedford Whalers Providence Gold Bugs Montreal Carsteel Clydebank Beith	01 0(0) 74 (26) 07 0(6) 24 0(9) 19 (10) 08 0(4) 13 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

David McEachran was an early twentieth century Scottish football (soccer) wing forward who played professionally in Scotland, England, Canada and the United States.

In July 1924, McEachran signed with Clydebank F.C. in the Scottish Football League. In 1926, he moved to Preston North End of The Football League, playing only one league game on April 2, 1924.^[1] That summer, he left Britain to sign with the Fall River Marksmen in the American Soccer League. In May 1927, the Marksmen crushed Holley Carburetor F.C. in the 1927 National Challenge Cup final. McEachran scored two of the Marksmen goals in their 7-0 victory. Within a year, the ASL would be embroiled in the “Soccer War” with the United States Football Association. Despite both USFA and FIFA declaring the ASL an “outlaw league”, McEachran continued to play in it. In 1927, he began the 1927-1928 season with the Marksmen before transferring to the Boston Wonder Workers at the end of the season. When the ASL was declared an "outlaw league" in the summer of 1928, McEachran moved to the IRT Rangers in the Eastern Soccer League, a rival league created by USFA..^[2] He appeared to have returned to the Wonder Workers that season as he played twenty-four games in 1929-1929. The Wonder Workers folded at the end of the season and McEachran moved to the Boston Bears for the fall 1929 season. He then transferred to the New Bedford Whalers for the 1929-1930 season. After eight games, he moved to the Providence Gold Bugs. In May 1930, he moved back to Canada where he played with Montreal Carsteel of the National Soccer League, winning the Carls-Rite Cup with them.^[3] He was in Montreal as late as October 1932 when Montreal lost the league championship to Toronto Ulster.^[4] He finished his career with Clydebank F.C. and Beith F.C. in his native Scotland.^[5]

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