Michael McAvoy

Michael McAvoy
Personal information
Date of birth	1871
Place of birth	Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death	1950 (aged 78–79)
Place of death	Paisley, Scotland
Position	Left half
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Kilmarnock Athletic
1891–1896	Darwen
1896–1909	St Mirren
1909–1910	Abercorn
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael McAvoy (1871–1950) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half, featuring for Darwen in England's Football League (making the move south along with Robert Maxwell),^[2] then for St Mirren and Abercorn in the Scottish Football League.^[3] He made over 300 appearances for St Mirren over 13 years with the Paisley club,^[4] including the 1908 Scottish Cup Final, a defeat at the hands of Celtic^[5] – after four losses at the semi-final stage of the competition in previous years.^[3]

References

↑ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
↑ Kilmarnock Athletic Players For Darwen F.C., Glasgow Evening Post: 7 December 1891, via Play Up Liverpool
1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
↑ Player profiles Mc, StMirren.info
↑ Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1908

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[1] Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople

[2] Kilmarnock Athletic Players For Darwen F.C., Glasgow Evening Post: 7 December 1891, via Play Up Liverpool

[litsterprewar-3] 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.

[4] Player profiles Mc, StMirren.info

[5] Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1908

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