Alistair McGinn

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Alistair McGinn
Personal information
Born Q4.1952
Wandsworth, London, England
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
YearsTeam
1973–1974 St Lukes
1974–1992 Southgate
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
England & Great Britain

Alistair Kirk McGinn (born Q4.1952) is a former British hockey international.

Biography

McGinn was educated at Dane Court Grammar School [1] and played club hockey for St Luke's College, Exeter in Devon. [2] He was a physical education teacher at Slough Grammar School. [3]

He signed to play for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League [4] and won back to back league titles with the club in 1976–77 [5] and 1977–78. [6]

He was part of the Southgate team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978. [7]

Still at Southgate he was selected by England for the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup. [8] [9] He continued to play for Southgate and was a member of their veteran team. [10]

His brother Ian McGinn played for England and his son Oliver played hockey for Chelmsford Hockey Club. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "National trial" . East Kent Times and Mail. 26 March 1971. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "webb's move a winner" . Western Daily Press. 16 October 1973. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Slough Grammar School in the 1960s". Old Paludians. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "National trial" . East Kent Times and Mail. 26 March 1971. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Luckless Bournville so close" . Birmingham Mail. 12 September 1977. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Sefton's good show" . Liverpool Echo. 25 September 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hockey" . Dunmow Observer. 26 December 1991. Retrieved 3 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Hockey: S African runs into permit problems". The Independent. 31 October 1998. Retrieved 3 July 2025.


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