| Colin Buchan | |
| Fullname: | Colin Linwood Buchan |
| Birth Date: | 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Date: | 16 April 1947 (age 56) |
| Position: | Inside left |
| Years1: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Clubs2: | St Bernard's |
| Years3: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs3: | Dundee |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs4: | Linfield |
| Years5: | 1923– |
| Clubs5: | Peebles Rovers F.C. |
Colin Linwood Buchan (1890 – 16 April 1947) was a Scottish professional football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1] [2] [3]
Buchan was born in Bradford, Yorkshire,[4] to Scottish parents James Buchan of Hawick, Roxburghshire and Mary Jane Buchan of Peebles, Scottish Borders. His father was a woolsorter, but they moved back to Peebles shortly after Colin's birth.[5]
On 25 August 1914, just over three weeks after Britain's entry into the First World War, Buchan enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery. He became a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant and was wounded late in the war, but recovered and returned to football.
Buchan played in England, Scotland,[6] and Northern Ireland, signed to play for Linfield F.C. in 1920.[7] He returned to his hometown and played for the Peebles Rovers F.C. in 1923.[8]
In 1933, when Billy McCandless returned to manage Dundee, he recalled of Buchan, "The last year I was with Linfield I had as a colleague one of the most gentlemanly footballers who ever kicked a ball in Ireland, Colin Buchan, who came from Dundee."[9]
He died in 1947 and is buried at Peebles St Andrews Cemetery.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Queen's Park | 1913–14 | Scottish League First Division | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1[10] | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
| Dundee | 1919–20 | Scottish League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |||