Ron McKinven
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Alloa, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | November 2022 (aged 86) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1955 | Queen's Park | 9 | (4) |
| 1955–1956 | Stirling Albion | 4 | (0) |
| 1956–1959 | Queen's Park | 49 | (0) |
| 1959–1966 | St Johnstone | 206 | (11) |
| Total | 268 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 1960 | Great Britain | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronald McKinven (8 January 1936 – November 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half, making over 250 appearances in the Scottish Football League.
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]McKinven played in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park, Stirling Albion and St Johnstone.[1][2][3]
International career
[edit]McKinven represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
Personal life and death
[edit]McKinven was born in Alloa on 8 January 1936.[6] After retiring as a footballer he became an interior designer.[7]
McKinven died in November 2022, at the age of 86.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "QUEENS PARK : 1946/47 - 2008/0". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "STIRLING ALBION : 1947/48 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "ST JOHNSTONE : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Plunkett, Paul (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Ron McKinven". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Ronald McKinven". Scotland's People. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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- 1936 births
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- Scottish men's footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football wing halves
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Scotland men's amateur international footballers
- Sportspeople from Alloa
- Footballers from Clackmannanshire
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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