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Doug McAvoy (footballer)

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Doug McAvoy
Personal information
Full name Douglas Haig McAvoy
Date of birth 29 November 1918
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death 15 April 1988(1988-04-15) (aged 69)
Place of death Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cumnock Juniors
1935–1947 Kilmarnock  86 (20)
1947–1949 Liverpool   2 (0)
1949–1951 Queen of the South   26 (3)
Total 114 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Haig McAvoy (29 November 1918 – 15 April 1988) was a Scottish footballer[1] who played as an inside forward for Kilmarnock,[2] Liverpool and Queen of the South.[3][4][5] His career was interrupted by World War II; prior to its outbreak he finished on the losing side (after a replay) in the 1938 Scottish Cup Final, and was selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1939 (the fixtures of which did not include any official internationals).[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Doug McAvoy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ (Kilmarnock player) McAvoy, Doug, FitbaStats
  3. ^ Doug McAvoy transferred to Queen of the South, Dundee Courier, 17 September 1949 via Play Up Liverpool
  4. ^ McAvoy Doug Image 1 Kilmarnock 1937, Vintage Footballers
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1939 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1939". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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