Ernie McCleary

Ernie McCleary
Personal information
Full name	James Warren McCleary
Date of birth	c. 1923
Place of birth	Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
Date of death	8 February 2012 (aged 88)
Place of death	Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Glentoran
	Cliftonville
International career
1948–1956	Northern Ireland Amateur
1955	Northern Ireland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Warren McCleary (c. 1923 – 8 February 2012) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a centre half.

Career

Born in Hillsborough, County Down, McCleary played as an amateur for Glentoran and Cliftonville whilst also working as a French teacher.^[1]^[2] He also earned one cap for the Northern Ireland national team and fifteen caps for the Northern Ireland national amateur team.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile". NIFG. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Ernie McCleary". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). pp. 10–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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