Personal information | |||
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Full name | William George McGinnigle | ||
Date of birth | 5 June 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 11 October 1947 55) | (aged||
Place of death | Paisley, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
1918–1929 | Hibernian | 297 | (4) |
1918 | → Celtic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
– | Coleraine | ||
International career | |||
1924 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William George McGinnigle (5 June 1892 – 11 Oct 1947) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for Cambuslang Rangers, Hibernian, Celtic and Coleraine. [1]
He made 333 appearances for Hibs in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup [2] including two finals of the knockout competition (1923 and 1924, both ending in defeat). [3] [4] In contrast, he played in only one league fixture for Celtic on an emergency loan due to wartime circumstances in 1918, which they won on the way to winning the championship by a single point.
He was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1924 [5] and took part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match a year earlier, [6] but never received a full international cap.
McGinnigle served in the British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders during the First World War and he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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