[1] A native of Clinton, South Carolina, Galloway was the starting shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics during six seasons until an accident shortened his career.

His most productive season came in 1922, when he posted career highs in batting average (.324), runs (83), hits (185) and triples (nine), and led the American League in games played (155).

Galloway got married on April 3, 1924, to Sarah Max Barnes "in the presence of a small company of immediate relatives and intimate friends".

The ceremony took place in Landrum, South Carolina, officiated by the local Presbyterian minister who was a former classmate of Galloway's.

The bride was a graduate of Intermont College in Bristol, Vermont and her father was the Greenwood county court secretary.