Maurice McVeigh

Maurice McVeigh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?-1948 Distillery
1948-? Glenavon

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Maurice McVeigh was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played with Glenavon from 1948. Nicknamed "Twinkle Toes", he was a member of Glenavon's first-ever Irish League championship teams. A shipyard worker from Belfast, he won eleven amateur international caps for Northern Ireland and three inter-league caps for the Irish League. He was the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1954/55 season.[1]

References

  1. Brodie, M. (1989), Glenavon Football Club: 100 Years, p. 35. Lurgan:Glenavon Football Club


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