Gavin Malloch

{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Gavin Malloch | image= | fullname= Gavin Malloch | height= 5 ft 10+1/2 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xii/134333960/ |title=Millwall. At the Den. New manager, team and colours |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xii |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | position= Left half | birth_date= 18 July 1905 | birth_place= Govan, Scotland | death_date= {{death date and age|1974|12|10|1905|07|18|df=y}} | death_place= Glasgow, Scotland | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | youthyears2= | youthclubs2= | years1= – | clubs1= Benburb | caps1= | goals1= | years2= 1927–1931 |clubs2= Derby County | caps2= 93 | goals2= 0 |years3= 1931–1936 |clubs3= Sheffield Wednesday | caps3= 84 | goals3= 0 | years4= 1936–1937 |clubs4= Millwall | caps4= | goals4= | years5= 1937–1938 | clubs5= Barrow | caps5= | goals5= |years6= 1938–1939 |clubs6= Morton | caps6= 20 | goals6= 1 | years7= |clubs7= | caps7= | goals7= | totalcaps = | totalgoals = }} '''Gavin Malloch''' (18 July 1905 – 10 December 1974) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half for Derby County,<ref>[https://www.11v11.com/players/gavin-malloch-46467/ Gavin Malloch], 11v11.com</ref> Sheffield Wednesday,<ref>[https://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0364.htm Gavin Malloch], The Sheffield Wednesday Archive</ref> Millwall, Barrow and Morton.<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/malloch-gavin-image-1-derby-1930/ Malloch Gavin Image 1 Derby County 1930], Vintage Footballers</ref> He was a member of the Derby team that were runners-up in the 1929–30 Football League campaign, and after switching to that season's champions Wednesday, he was part of the ''Owls'' squad when they finished third in 1930–31 and 1931–32, but was no longer a regular by the time they won the FA Cup in 1935, making no contribution to the run.

He was not related to Jock Malloch, another Scot who was with Sheffield Wednesday a generation earlier.

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