The statistics of Jimmy McGrory’s career with Celtic are almost mind-boggling, such as 472 goals in 445 matches, an average of more than a goal a game, an incredible tally that was rewarded with a meagre total of 7 Scottish caps.
On this day in 1935, Jimmy McGrory ran out at Parkhead for Celtic’s fourth league match of the season, a local derby against Third Lanark, which Celtic won comfortably by 6 goals to nil.
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Willie Buchan got a double from the inside-right position; inside-left Johnny Crum also made the score sheet; and McGrory scored the other three. It was the 50th hat-trick of his Celtic career.
By the time he retired two years later, McGrory had raised the final total to 56 hat-tricks in a Celtic career (including a ‘double’ in one match), way ahead of Jimmy Quinn in second place with 20, followed by Henrik Larsson and Bobby Lennox on 15 and Stevie Chalmers on 14.
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Many Happy Returns to Dan O’Hara, born on this day in Airdrie in 1937. Inside-forward Dan joined Celtic from Fauldhouse United in 1959 and made 9 appearances for the club – with a single goal – over the next three years before joining Albion Rovers.
Jim Craig
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