Malcolm McPhail

Malcolm McPhail
Personal information
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland
Date of death 1975 (aged 79–80)
Place of death Paisley, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915 Arthurlie 8 (5)
1915–1924 Kilmarnock 245 (55)
1924–1926 Morton 36 (3)
Total 289 (63)
International career
1917[1] Scottish League (wartime) 1 (3)
1919 Scotland (wartime) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malcolm McPhail (1895 – 1975) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left,[2] primarily for Kilmarnock,[3] with whom he won the Scottish Cup in 1920.[4][5] He was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial 'Victory International' in 1919.[6][7]

McPhail later served as a director of St Mirren.[8] He was the older brother of Rangers and Scotland forward Bob McPhail.[9][8]

  1. ^ Association Football. War Funds Match | The Army XI, 4; Scottish League, 3., The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1917
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Kilmarnock player McPhail, Malcolm, FitbaStats
  4. ^ "Killie 3–2 Albion Rovers". Killie FC. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Kilmarnock, 3; Albion Rovers, 2. Scottish Cup–Final Tie". The Glasgow Herald. 19 April 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Malcolm Wright McPhail [sic]". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ Association Football. | Ireland v. Scotland, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1919
  8. ^ a b Possilpark to Ibrox (Bob McPhail at Love Street), Donald Caskie, eBook Partnership, 2014; ISBN 9781783015726
  9. ^ "Bob McPhail, football legend". The Herald. Glasgow. 29 August 2000.