16 August 2008

Hiriam "Hymie" McKee

Name: Hiriam Walton McKee (McKie)
Position: Right-Half

Representative Honours: Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1895).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1892/93.

Club Career:
Cliftonville

Biography:
Elder brother of Fred McKee, who kept goal for Ireland in the early 1900s, "Hymie" McKee also played as an amateur with Cliftonville. He played in each of Ireland's matches through the 1895 Home Nations campaign and also played in Cliftonville's 1893 Irish Cup Final defeat by Linfield.

Ireland Cap Details:
09-03-1895 England. A L 0-9 BC
16-03-1895 Wales... H D 2-2 BC
30-03-1895 Scotland A L 1-3 BC

Summary: 3/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 3.

Photograph supplied by Roy Cathcart.

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