Vic McKinney

Vic McKinney
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1945
Place of birth Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Date of death 1987 (aged 42)
Place of death South Africa
Position Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1964 Glenavon
1964–1968 Falkirk 56 (9)
1968–1969 Addington/Durban Spurs
1970–1971 Durban United
1972–1975 Cape Town City
International career
1966 Northern Ireland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Victor J. McKinney (c. 1945 – 1987) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

Born in Lurgan, McKinney played for Glenavon, Falkirk, Addington/Durban Spurs, Durban United and Cape Town City. He also earned one cap for the Northern Ireland national team.

He died in a car accident in 1987, in which his son, also called Victor, was paralysed.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile". NIFG. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Vic McKinney". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "FALKIRK : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Homecoming for remarkable son of former Blues star killed in 1987". Lurgan Mail. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2017.