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Austin McGill
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935 (age 89)[1]
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nithsdale Wanderers
1958–1959 Queen of the South 7 (3)
1959–1960 Carlisle United 29 (12)
1960–1961 Kettering Town
1961–19?? Queen of the South
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austin McGill (born 29 January 1935) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South and in the English Football League for Carlisle United. He played as a centre forward.[1]

McGill was born in Dumfries.[1] He played football for Nithsdale Wanderers before joining First Division club Queen of the South in July 1958.[2] Queens were relegated at the end of the season,[3] and in August 1959, McGill moved south of the border to sign for English Fourth Division club Carlisle United.[4] He spent only one season with Carlisle,[1] but scored twice on his debut, on the opening day of the season in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace,[5] and finished the season as the club's leading league scorer with 12 goals.[6] After leaving Carlisle, McGill moved to Kettering Town, for whom he scored 26 goals from 40 appearances and helped the club gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.[7] In September 1961 he returned to Queen of the South.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Austin McGill". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Transfers: 1958". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Queen of the South". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Transfers: 1959". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Miller shoots himself into Carlisle Utd's history". News and Star. Carlisle. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
    "Yesterday's results". The Observer. London. 23 August 1959.
  6. ^ "Season-by-Season 1950–59". Carlisle United Online Archive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Player database: Austin McGill". poppiesfans.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
    "Kettering Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Transfers: 1961". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Brian McColl. Archived from the original (DOC) on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.


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