Joseph Hogan (born 24 February 1938) is a Scottish former footballer whose only club at the professional level was Partick Thistle.Partick Thistle 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
Career Raised in West Lothian, Hogan originally played as a forward; he joined Partick Thistle as a teenager in 1955, having enjoyed a single, successful season in the Junior level with Newtongrange Star, where he won the Edinburgh & District League alongside future Scotland star Alex Young.The History of Newtongrange Star | 1954/55 | Story of the Season, match programme, 11 October 2008, Newtongrange Star FC
He was at the Jags during a relatively successful era for the club across the 1950s and early 60s, and played in two of their Scottish League Cup final appearances in the period (all of which were lost)'Jags Won't Be Overawed Like We Were', Evening Times, 1971 (via Partick Thistle History Archive) – against Celtic in 1956 and against Heart of Midlothian in the 1958 edition, by which point he had changed position and become established at right back. Hogan did win the Glasgow Cup in the 1960–61 season,Dandy Thistle Forward Line Hard to Hold, Evening Times, 27 September 1954 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)Glasgow Cup For Partick Thistle, The Glasgow Herald, 27 October 1960 (via Partick Thistle History Archive) and was involved in the club's challenge for the Scottish Football League title in the 1962–63 season, though they lost form after delays caused by a very harsh winter.
He was selected once for the Scotland U23 team in 1961,Scotland U23 player Hogan, Joe, FitbaStats and played in two trial matches between the Scottish Football League XI and a SFA XI, but was never capped for either team at full level.
Personal life Outside football Hogan trained to become a schoolteacher specialising in science; he attained the position of principal teacher of physics at Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow before becoming an education officer for Strathclyde Regional Council.Thistle Stars From The Past | Joe Hogan, match programme, Partick Thistle FC, 20 December 1980 (via Partick Thistle History Archive) He was also an accomplished golfer.Partick Thistle Player Beats English Internationalist, Evening Times, 25 August 1955 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
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