Name: Victor J. McKinneyBorn: 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
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Seasons
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Signed
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Fee
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League
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FA
Cup
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FL
Cup
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Other
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Glenavon
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61/62-64/65
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-
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-
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*94(0)/21
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-
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-
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-
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Falkirk
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64/65-66/67
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-
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-
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61(1)/ 8
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4(0)/0
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7/1
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8/2
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Addington
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1968
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-
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-
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-
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(South Africa)
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Durban
Spurs
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1969
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-
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-
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-
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(South Africa)
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Durban
United
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1970-1971
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-
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-
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-
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(South Africa)
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Cape
Town City
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1972-1975
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-
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-
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-
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(South Africa)
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TOTALS
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£-
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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.
𝗟𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 - 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗽, 𝗠𝗶𝗱-𝗨𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟭🏆 Back row (L-R): Vic...
Posted by Irish Football Memories on Friday, 12 February 2021
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