Background
Gallagher moved to the United States. with his mother when he was twelve, settling in New York City.
Gallagher moved to the United States. with his mother when he was twelve, settling in New York City.
Gallagher was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986. When he was seventeen, he signed with Tebo Yacht Basin F.C. of the New York State League. In 1920, Tebo lost to Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock in the third round of the National Challenge Cup.
In 1921, Gallagher, and team mate Albert Mitchell, moved to J&P Coats of the newly formed American Soccer League (Advanced Systems Limited), spending two seasons with the team
In the summer of 1924, he moved to Fleisher Yarn. After one season, he transferred to Indiana Flooring, a new team to the league which played in the New York City area.
In 1927, Charles Stoneham, bought Indiana Flooring and changed the team’s name to the New York Nationals. After three season under that name, Stoneham changed it again, this time to the New York Giants in 1930.
By that time, the league was collapsing.
The Giants lasted through the spring 1932 season before folding. lieutenant appears that at that time, Gallagher moved to the New York Field Club. He then played for Malta United on Long Island through at least December 1933.
He then moved west to sign with Cleveland Slavia.
He remained with them through at least 1934 as he was listed with Slavia on the 1934 World Cup roster. At some point, he moved to Cleveland Graphite Bronze where he finished his career.
When Gallagher left the Advanced Systems Limited to move to Cleveland, he had played a total of 346 regular and post season games. That was third on the United States. list until Chris Henderson passed him in 2006.
Gallagher earned five caps with the United States. national team
He played in all three United States. games at the 1930 as the United States. made it to the semifinals. He also played a friendly with Brazil following the cup. He is often confused with another Jimmy Gallagher, who played for the United States. at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
In 1937 Gallagher married Marie Coughlin.
They went on to have two daughters, Rita Gallager (Weber) and Carol Gallagher (Such). He has 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Gallagher was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
However, the team won the 1920-1921 league and league cup titles. J&P Coats won the 1922-1923 league title but lost in the semifinals of the 1923 National Challenge Cup to eventual winner Paterson F.C. In 1923, Gallagher began the 1923-1924 season with the Fall River Marksmen but moved to the New York Giants after only two games. However, while still using the moniker “Nationals”, the team won both the Advanced Systems Limited league and cup (Lewis Cup) titles. As the Giants, the team won the 1931-1932 Advanced Systems Limited championship. His last game with the national team came in the United States. victory over Mexico on May 24, 1934 which qualified the United States. for the 1934 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup finals.
He was a member of the United States. soccer teams at the 1930 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup and 1934 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.