Vic McKinney

Name: Victor J. McKinney
Born: c.1945, Lurgan
Died: 1987, South Africa (age 42)
Position: Left-Winger

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1966), 1 Under-23 Cap / 2 Goals (1967), Amateur, Youth, 3 Schoolboy (1961).

Club Career:

Clubs	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Other
Glenavon	61/62-64/65	-	-	*94(0)/21	-	-	-
Falkirk	64/65-66/67	-	-	61(1)/ 8	4(0)/0	7/1	8/2
Addington	1968	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Durban Spurs	1969	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Durban United	1970-1971	-	-	-	(South Africa)
Cape Town City	1972-1975	-	-	-	(South Africa)
TOTALS		£-		-	-	-	-

* all games

Biography:
Vic McKinney, a skilful winger, broke into the successful Glenavon side of the early-1960s and won Amateur international honours. Transferred to Falkirk, he played a total of 62 Scottish League games in three seasons with the Bairns, all in the old Scottish First Division.

A member of the Northern Ireland Youth team that reached the final of the 1963 "Little World Cup" in England, McKinney won his only senior cap in a 2-0 defeat by West Germany as the eventual finalists warmed up for the 1966 World Cup. The following February he played in an Under-23 match against Wales, scoring twice. With the scoreline at 2-1 the match was abandoned.

Later McKinney played in South Africa, settling there with his family. He died there in 1987 when the car he was driving was struck by a tree during a storm. His son, also Victor, was also in the car and as a result of his injuries was paralysed from the neck down. He has since become an artist and disability campaigner.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
22-02-1967 Wales....... H W 2-1 FR 2 goals

Summary: 1/2. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 0.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
29-09-1962 England..... A L 2-3

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

With thanks to Odd Espen for his below comment.