| Intro | Footballer |
| Is |
Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 3 November 1907, Workington |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
Joseph Henry “Joe” 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. He later became a manager in non-league football with Nuneaton Borough.
Personal life
McClure grew up in Workington with 10 siblings and his uncle was footballer Alec McClure. 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. Martha, who refused to divorce him, died in 1968. While with Wallsend, McClure trained to be a welder and worked as a bar steward in later life. McClure’s son Peter went on to play football for local Workington non-league club Salterbeck.
Honours
Everton
- Football League Second Division: 1930–31
Nuneaton Town
- Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1937
- “Football Club History Database – Everton”. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- “Joseph Mcclure”. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- Nuneaton Town 1919-1937 Part 2 2015, p. 206.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Everton | 1929–30 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1930–31 | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 1931–32 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1932–33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Brentford | 1933–34 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||