Thomas Ross MacVinish (1 January 1921 – 19 September 1965)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Greenock Morton and St Johnstone and in the English Football League for Darlington.[2] He began his senior career with Inverness Caledonian,[4] and was on the books of Preston North End without playing League football for them.[2][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Ross MacVinish[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1921[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness,[2] Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 19 September 1965 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Inverness Caledonian | ||
| 1946–1948 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | (12) |
| 1948–1950 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 1950–1951 | Darlington | 1 | (0) |
| 1951–1952 | Greenock Morton | 40 | (3) |
| 1952–1953 | St Johnstone | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
While still playing for Morton, MacVinish lived and trained at Aberdeen, where he kept a grocer's shop.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Footballer applies for licence". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 5 October 1951. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Liquor in van". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 16 February 1954. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive. - ^ a b c d "Tommy MacVinish". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Tommy MacVinish". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Caley most improved side in North". Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 26 December 1946. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Caley, on the other hand, will field their recognised eleven, with the exception of Macvinish who has been signed by Hamilton Accies.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
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