George McLachlan

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George Herbert McLachlan (b. September 21, 1902 - d. 19??) was a Scottish footballer who was born in Glasgow and played as a striker.

The high point of his career came with Cardiff City when he was part of the Welsh side's FA Cup success in 1927. He left the Bluebirds in December 1929 for Manchester United but further success eluded him at Old Trafford and he moved on in June 1934 for Chester F.C. having scored four goals in 116 games for the red devils and finally retired as a player after a short spell with French side Le Havre AC.

Prior to his time in Welsh and English football he had played at Queen's Park Strollers (the club's second XI), Clyde, and King's Park Strollers.

He became manager of Dumfries side Queen of the South F.C. in 1935. He took Queens on a tour of Europe and North Africa in 1936, when they came back as winners of the Algiers invitational tournament after defeating Racing de Santander 1 - 0 in the final. The trophy won can still be seen in the club museum today. George left the club in 1937, and had no further involvement in football. [1]

[edit] Honours

with Cardiff City

FA Cup winner - 1927
FA Charity Shield winner - 1927

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Queen of the South F.C. – Managers

Directors (1919–21) • Dodds (1922–23) • Directors (1924–27) • Wright (1928–31) • Directors (1932–1934) • McLachlan (1935–37) • Ferguson (1937–38) • McKinnell, Sr. (1938–46) • McKinnell, Jr. (1946–61) • Farm (1961–64) • Directors (1964–65) • Shearer (1965–66) • Husband (1967–68) • Directors (1968–70) • Davis (1970–71) • Easton (1971–73) • McLean (1973–75) • Jackson (1975–78) • Hunter (1978–79) • Little (1979–80) • Herd (1980–81) • Hood (1981–82) • Busby (1982–84) • Clark (1984–86) • Jackson (1986–87) • Wilson (1987–89) • McLaren (1989–90) • McGarvey (1990–91) • MacLeod (1991–92) • Frye (1992–93) • McLaren (1993–96) • Alexander (1996–99) • Rowe & Eadie (1999–00) • Connolly (2000–04) • Scott (2004–05) • McCall (2005–07) • Chisholm (2007–-) •