Tommy MacVinish

Thomas Ross MacVinish (1 January 1921 – 19 September 1965)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Greenock Morton and St Johnstone and in the English Football League for Darlington.[2] He began his senior career with Inverness Caledonian,[4] and was on the books of Preston North End without playing League football for them.[2][5]

Tommy MacVinish
Personal information
Full name Thomas Ross MacVinish[1]
Date of birth (1921-01-01)1 January 1921[2]
Place of birth Inverness,[2] Scotland
Date of death 19 September 1965(1965-09-19) (aged 44)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Inverness Caledonian
1946–1948 Hamilton Academical 38 (12)
1948–1950 Preston North End 0 (0)
1950–1951 Darlington 1 (0)
1951–1952 Greenock Morton 40 (3)
1952–1953 St Johnstone 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

While still playing for Morton, MacVinish lived and trained at Aberdeen, where he kept a grocer's shop.[1]

References
  1. "Footballer applies for licence". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 5 October 1951. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "Liquor in van". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 16 February 1954. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Tommy MacVinish". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. "Tommy MacVinish". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Caley most improved side in North". Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 26 December 1946. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive. Caley, on the other hand, will field their recognised eleven, with the exception of Macvinish who has been signed by Hamilton Accies.
  5. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.


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