John_Buchanan_(footballer_born_1928)
John Buchanan (footballer, born 1928)
Scottish footballer
John Buchanan (9 June 1928 – December 2000) was a Scottish football striker.[3]
Buchanan started his career with Clyde, and his prolific form saw him get a move to Derby County. He also played for Bradford Park Avenue, before retiring in 1963.
He is only one of a handful of Clyde players to have scored four goals in a single match.[4]
Derby County won the Third Division North title in 1956–57,[5] but Buchanan only played six league games with a return of five goals.[6]
Buchanan was Bradford's leading scorer with 21 goals from 42 games (in 1960–61),[7] as the team won promotion to the Third Division.[7] He was also top scorer with 23 goals in 1958–59.
Buchanan received a Scotland B cap in 1952, when he played against a France B team in a 0-0 draw in Toulouse.[1] In addition, he featured for a Scotland XI in an international trial match against the British Army in 1953.[2]