Johnny MacKenzie

Johnny MacKenzie
Personal information
Full name John Archie MacKenzie[1]
Date of birth (1925-09-04)4 September 1925
Place of birth Dennistoun, Scotland[1]
Date of death 5 July 2017(2017-07-05) (aged 91)
Place of death Tiree, Inner Hebrides, Scotland[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
1943–1944 Petershill
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1944–1947 Partick Thistle 0 (0)
1947–1948 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 38 (9)
1948–1960 Partick Thistle 259 (34)
1958 Fulham 0 (0)
1960–1962 Dumbarton 46 (11)
1962–1965 Derry City 38 (17)
Total 325 (50)
International career
1953–1955 Scotland 9 (1)
1949–1953 Scottish Football League XI 2 (1)
1955[3] Scotland A vs B trial 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Archie MacKenzie (also spelled McKenzie; 4 September 1925 – 5 July 2017) was a Scottish footballer[4] who spent most of his career with Partick Thistle, where he was known as the "Firhill Flyer".[5]

  1. ^ a b Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ Easter Road game should not have been played, Glasgow Herald (page 4), 22 February 1955
  4. ^ "Johnny MacKenzie (full name: John Archibald MacKenzie)". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "The Firhill Flyer". Scotland.org. Retrieved 18 December 2016. 'Johnny', as he was known in his playing days ... John Archie MacKenzie