Personal information | |||
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Born | 8 August 1997 | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Occupation | netball player | ||
Netball career | |||
Playing position(s): goal defense, wing defense, center |
Sarah MacPhail (born 8 August 1997) is a Scottish netball player who plays for Scotland in the positions of goal defense, wing defense or center. [1] [2] She made her World Cup debut for Scotland during the 2019 Netball World Cup. [3] [4]
Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr. was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Yankees, the president and general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, chief aide to Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert, executive vice president and general manager of the Yankees, and president of the American League.
Robert Lowe McPhail was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Airdrieonians, Rangers and represented Scotland.
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William Simeon McPhail was a Scottish football player who played for Queen's Park, Clyde and Celtic. He scored three goals in Celtic's record 7–1 victory over Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup final. After retiring, he developed a neurodegenerative disease, which he believed to be a result of brain damage acquired from heading footballs. He was the younger brother of fellow player John McPhail.
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On 2 July 2018, six-year-old Scottish girl Alesha Sarah MacPhail was abducted from her bed and murdered by 16-year-old Aaron Thomas Campbell. Alesha, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, was three days into a stay with her grandparents on the Isle of Bute when Campbell entered their unlocked home at approximately 2am. The teenager had previously bought cannabis from Alesha's father Bobby, who lived in the house, and initially went to steal the drug. Upon finding the child asleep, Campbell picked her up, carried her to the grounds of a demolished hotel, then raped and killed her by applying pressure to her face and neck. Alesha was reported missing at 06:23 GMT; her body was discovered by a member of the public at 08:54 GMT.
Lynsey Gallagher is a Scottish netball player, who currently plays for the Strathclyde Sirens in the Netball Superleague. She was selected to represent the Scotland netball team on various occasions, including the 2019 Netball World Cup.
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