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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]
- ^ a b c d "Austin McGill". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Transfers: 1958". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Queen of the South". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Transfers: 1959". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Miller shoots himself into Carlisle Utd's history". News and Star. Carlisle. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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"Yesterday's results". The Observer. London. 23 August 1959. - ^ "Season-by-Season 1950–59". Carlisle United Online Archive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "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. - ^ "Transfers: 1961". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.