Alastair McNeill

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Alastair McNeill
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1938
Scotland
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event
Heavyweight
ClubCarnegie AWC, Dunfermline

Alastair McNeill also spelt Alistair (born c.1938) is a former Scottish wrestler who competed at two Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

McNeill was a brewery worker in Dunfermline [2] and was a member of the Carnegie Amateur Wrestling Club. [3]

He was selected for the 1962 Scottish team [4] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, in the middleweight class, [5] and finished in equal fourth place behind the gold medal winner Faiz Muhammad of Pakistan. [6]

McNeill represented the Scottish Commonwealth Games team a second time, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [7] where he competed in the light heavyweight 90kg. [8]

McNeill was a Scottish champion and British title runner-up. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "East Wrestlers for Empire Games" . Edinburgh Evening News. 10 July 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 23 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Spectacular win by 14-year-old boy" . The Scotsman. 23 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 23 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "McNeill's wrestling win over holder" . The Scotsman. 4 April 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 23 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Scotland's 35 strong team for Perth" . The Scotsman. 12 September 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling" . Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Spectacular win by 14-year-old" . The Scotsman. 23 July 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 17 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Thurso Wrestlers to the fore at Scottish Championships" . Caithness Courier. 5 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 23 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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