Donald_McKinlay
Donald McKinlay
Scottish footballer
Donald McKinlay (25 July 1891 – 16 September 1959) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back. He spent most of his career with Liverpool, winning the Football League title twice in the early 1920s.
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McKinlay in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1891-07-25)25 July 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Boghall, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 September 1959(1959-09-16) (aged 68) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1905–1908 | Newton Swifts | ||
| 1908–1909 | Rutherglen Woodburn | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909–1910 | Newton Villa | ||
| 1910–1929 | Liverpool | 393 | (34) |
| 1929–1931 | Prescot Cables | ||
| International career | |||
| 1922 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in the hamlet of Boghall[2] and raised in the mining village of Newton in Lanarkshire,[3] McKinlay played local football with Newton Swifts, Rutherglen Woodburn and Newton Villa.[4]
He joined Liverpool in January 1910.[5] The goalkeeper Kenny Campbell (a childhood acquaintance) credited McKinlay's assistance during his early days at Anfield.[6] He captained the club from January 1922 to 1928, and made 434 appearances for the club, including 393 in the league. Liverpool were league champions two years in succession in 1921–22 and 1922–23 in the first two seasons of his captaincy.[5]
He made two appearances in the Scotland national team in 1922.[7][8][9]
He finished his career with nearby Prescot Cables, and later became a publican in Liverpool.[5]
- "Profile". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- "ScotlandsPeople - Donald McKinlay birth record REF:652/1 246". National Archives of Scotland. 1891. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- "ScotlandsPeople - McKinlay Family census record REF:627/14/23". National Archives of Scotland. 1911. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- Personalia: Donald MacKinlay, Liverpool F.C., Joint Everton and Liverpool Match Programme, 26 November 1910; via Play Up Liverpool
- "Kenneth Campbell continues his life story – Chapter 2". The Weekly News via LFChistory.net. 14 May 1921. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 187.
- "[Scotland player] Donald McKinlay". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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