Ed McNally

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Ed McNally
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-10-07) 7 October 1962 (age 60)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981 Toronto Blizzard
1982 Toronto Italia
1983 Toronto Nationals
1983 Hamilton Steelers
1983 Toronto Italia
1984 Buffalo Storm
1987–1989 Ottawa Intrepid 51 (13)
1989 Toronto Blizzard 4 (0)
International career
1983–1987 Canada 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ed McNally (born 7 October 1962) is a Canadian former international soccer player who played as a midfielder. [2]

He played at club level for Toronto Blizzard, Toronto Nationals, Hamilton Steelers, Buffalo Storm and Ottawa Intrepid. [3] [1] In 1982, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia and assisted in securing the regular season title. [4] In late 1983, he returned to former club Toronto Italia. [5]

In 2014, he was inducted into the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "Ed McNally". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. "Ed McNally soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. Woolsey, Garth (22 September 1982). "We're No.1 in local soccer Italia boss says". Toronto Star . p. D12.
  5. Cosgrove, Michael (29 August 1983). "Italia takes final over Panhellenic". The Globe and Mail. p. S4.
  6. "Eddie McNally". Aurora Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 December 2020.