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Name: Charles McIlroy Born: Ballymena Height: Weight: Position: Outside-Right Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1934). Club Honours: (with Belfast Celtic) Irish League Champion; Irish Cup Winner 1936/37, 1937/38 ; Gold Cup Winner; City Cup Winner; Belfast Charity Cup Winner; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1938/39. Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Summerfield - - Amateur (Intermediate League) Ballymena 32/33-33/34 - Amateur *41/12 - - Belfast Celtic - - - - - - TOTALS - £- - - - Biography: Signed by Ballymena from their near-neighbours, Summerfield, Charlie McIlroy was greatly eulogised in the press. A profile in Ireland's Saturday Night noted: “A quick-working brain and a pair of nimble feet, he can give any defender a lively afternoon. He is not the typ...

Johnny Dalrymple was a star of Distillery's "Cup Specialist" side of the 1920s... Name: John Patrick Dalrymple Born: 2 June 1901, Ballymena Died: 31 March 1970, Ballymena Position: Centre-Forward Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1922) ; IFA Representative: 1 App/2 Goals (1922) ; Irish League: 7 Caps/1 Goal (1922-1929) . Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1924/25 ; Gold Cup Winner 1924/25, Runner-Up 1923/24; Belfast Charities Cup Winner 1920/21; Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1920/21, 1921/22, 1923/24 ; (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1930/31 . Club Career: Teams Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup Other Distillery 20/21-29/30 - - *290/102 - - Ballymena 29/30-30/31 Dec-29 - *53/  6 - - Summerfield 31/32-34/35 Aug-31 - (Intermediate League) Ballymena United 35/36 Aug-35 ...