Career
A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for "s 1931-1932 championship winning side remains the record goals total for a single season in history. He also topped the scoring charts again the following season, netting 45 times. In total, he scored 251 league goals for - the eighth-best top flight total in history.
Born in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, MacFadyen played junior football for Wishaw Young Men’s Christian Association before beginning his career in 1921.
Before establishing himself at Fir Park, he spent periods on loan with Bo"ness and Clyde. He appeared for Scotland twice during 1933, against Wales and Austria.
Despite scoring in both matches, he wasn"t selected for international duty again, although he did also represent the against the Irish League in 1934, scoring twice. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force and was a guest player for Blackpool, Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest and Rochdale.
In October 1945, MacFadyen was appointed as secretary-manager of, a position he would hold for nine years.
While he led the club to a memorable giant killing against Celtic in 1949, he also oversaw United"s record defeat when they lost 12-1 against the team where MacFadyen had been idolised as a player. He resigned from his post not long afterwards, in August 1954. The job was to be his last in football.
After leaving the game, he worked as a physiotherapist and chiropodist.
MacFadyen died in 1971. Player Manager.