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Fullname: Daniel McColgan
aka: Dan McColgan
Born: 28 Feb 1903 (birthdate corrected by relative of Dan McColgan)
Died: 16 May 1974
Birthplace: Baillieston, Scotland
Signed: 9 June 1925 (from Baillieston Juniors)
Left: 27 Nov 1928 (to Third Lanark)
Position: Centre-half
Debut: Celtic 0-0 Dundee, League, 31 Oct 1925
Internationals: n/a

Biog

Baillieston-born centre-half Dan McColgan was signed by Celtic from his local junior side in June 1925.

His debut was a 0-0 league draw with Dundee on 31st October 1925 at Parkhead. A hard working defender he only made one further league appearance for the Hoops in a 1-0 win over Raith Rovers in January 1926.

Celtic won the league in 1925/26, the last time for ten years, so Dan McColgan got to play a small part that helped Celtic to a title win that can be taken in retrospect to mark the end of an era.

The difficulty was that he arrived at a time that Celtic had turned a corner and it was not going to be easy forcing his way to break into a winning side.

After a number of loan spells he moved on permanently to Third Lanark in November 1928, but not before a return back to Celtic with a swansong appearance in the Glasgow Cup semi-final v Third Lanark which Celtic drew 2-2 in Sep 1928.

He also had a short spell with Belfast Celtic.

He died on 16th May 1974 and is buried in St Joseph’s Cemetery in Airdrie.

Celtic remained heavily in the family. He took his daughter Maura McColgan to Lisbon for the 1967 final, and she herself went on to become the head of tours/curator at Celtic Park for many years.

Additionally, one of Maura McColgan’s grandparents was Frank O’Rourke who was a member of the Bradford side who won the 1911 FA Cup; the manager of that Bradford side was ex-Celt Peter O’Rourke.

Playing Career

APPEARANCES	LEAGUE	SCOTTISH CUP	LEAGUE CUP	EUROPE	TOTAL
1925-28	2	0	n/a	n/a	2
Goals	0	0	–	–	0

Honours with Celtic

Scottish League

1925-26

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