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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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.