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Scottish footballer

Austin McGill

Personal information
Date of birth (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935 (age 91)[1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nithsdale Wanderers
1958–1959 Queen of the South 7 (3)
1959–1960 Carlisle United 29 (12)
1960–1961 Kettering Town
1961–19?? Queen of the South
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austin McGill (born 29 January 1935) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South and in the English Football League for Carlisle United. He played as a centre forward.[1]

McGill was born in Dumfries.[1] He played football for Nithsdale Wanderers before joining First Division club Queen of the South in July 1958.[2] Queens were relegated at the end of the season,[3] and in August 1959, McGill moved south of the border to sign for English Fourth Division club Carlisle United.[4] He spent only one season with Carlisle,[1] but scored twice on his debut, on the opening day of the season in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace,[5] and finished the season as the club's leading league scorer with 12 goals.[6] After leaving Carlisle, McGill moved to Kettering Town, for whom he scored 26 goals from 40 appearances and helped the club gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.[7] In September 1961 he returned to Queen of the South.[8]

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  2. ^ "Transfers: 1958". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Queen of the South". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Transfers: 1959". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Miller shoots himself into Carlisle Utd's history". News and Star. Carlisle. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.{{[cite news](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fnews "Template:Cite news")}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
    "Yesterday's results". The Observer. London. 23 August 1959.
  6. ^ "Season-by-Season 1950–59". Carlisle United Online Archive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Player database: Austin McGill". poppiesfans.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
    "Kettering Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Transfers: 1961". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.