Peter Mackin

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Peter Mackin (Machin)
Personal information
Full name Peter Mackin[1]
Date of birth 1878[2]
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 9 April 1917 (aged 38)[1]
Place of death Vimy Ridge, France[2]
Position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1899 Hebburn Argyle
1899–1903 Sunderland 0 (0)
1903–1905 Wallsend Park Villa
1905–1907 Lincoln City 54 (21)
1907–1908 Wallsend Park Villa
1908–1910 Blyth Spartans
1910–1911 Bedlington United
Ashington
Willington Athletic
Newburn
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Mackin (sometimes Machin) (1878 – 9 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside right.[3]

Career

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An inside right, Mackin had a long career in non-League football in his native North East,[2][4] most notably with North Eastern League club Blyth Spartans.[5] He scored 21 goals in 54 Football League appearances for Lincoln City.[3][6]

Personal life

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Mackin was married with five children and worked as a shipyard labourer in Hebburn, Wallsend and Blyth.[7] He served as a private in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was wounded on the first day on the Somme.[5] Mackin was killed during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917.[2] He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery.[1]

Honours

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Blyth Spartans

Bedlington United

  • Tynemouth Infirmary Cup: 1910–11[2]

References

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