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Joseph Henry McClure (3 November 1907 – 1973) was an English football wing half who played in the Football League, best remembered for his four years with Everton.[1] He later became a manager in non-League football with Nuneaton Borough.

Joe McClure

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Henry McClure[1]
Date of birth	(1907-11-03)3 November 1907
Place of birth	Cockermouth, England[2]
Date of death	1973 (aged 65–66)[2]
Place of death	Derbyshire, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Egremont
	Workington
1926	Preston North End	0	(0)
	Whitehaven Athletic
	Preston North End
	Leamington Town
	Wallsend
1929–1933	Everton	29	(1)
1933–1934	Brentford	1	(0)
1934–1936	Exeter City	5	(0)
1936–1937	Nuneaton Borough		(3)
National team
1931	The FA XI	1
Teams managed
1936–1937	Nuneaton Borough (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure.[3][4] He had four children with his wife Martha, before he "virtually abandoned" the family in the 1920s when his football career took off and later had four children with another woman.[3] Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968.[3] While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and worked as a bar steward in later life.[3] McClure's son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-league club Salterbeck.[3]

Honours

Everton

• Football League Second Division: 1930–31[5][6]

Nuneaton Town

• Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1937[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Everton	1929–30[6]	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1930–31[6]	Second Division	15	1	5	0	20	1
	1931–32[6]	First Division	7	0	0	0	7	0
	1932–33[6]		5	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		29	1	5	0	34	1
Brentford	1933–34[8]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			30	1	5	0	35	1

References

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