Dick McCracken

Name: Richard McCracken
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1922); Irish League: 3 Caps (1919-1921); Irish FA Representative.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) Irish League Champion 1921/22, 1922/23; Irish Cup Winner 1921/22, 1922/23; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1921/22, 1922/23; City Cup Winner; Gold Cup Winner; Charity Cup Winner; Alhambra Cup Winner.

Club Career:
Linfield

Biography:
Another star of Linfield's seven-trophy season of 1921/22, Dick McCracken helped himself to twenty goals that season, including the winner in the Irish Cup Final. "One of the most whole-hearted players that ever wore a blue jeresey," McCracken featured most regularly at inside-right but he was also put to great use in more defensive roles as right-half and, against Distillery in the Co. Antrim Shield Final, as right-back.

It was as right-half and captain that McCracken played in both matches of the Norway tour in the May 1922, indeed he scored in the second match, a 3-1 win over a Norwegian FA XI. Although he never appeared in another major representative fixture after 1922, McCracken kept up his good club-form, scoring the opener in the 1923 Irish Cup Final win over Glentoran.

Ireland Cap Details:
22-05-1922 Norway A L 1-2 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.