Jimmy Mackay

Jimmy Mackay

Personal information
Full name	James Birrell Mackay
Date of birth	(1943-12-19)19 December 1943
Place of birth	Scotland
Date of death	11 December 1998(1998-12-11) (aged 54)
Position(s)	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
1964–1965	Airdrie	5	(1)
1965–1972	Melbourne Croatia
1973–1974	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs	22	(0)
1975–1976	South Melbourne Hellas
1977	South Melbourne	1	(0)
1979	Shepparton United
International career‡
1970–1975	Australia	52	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2007

James Birrell Mackay (19 December 1943, Scotland – 11 December 1998) was a Scottish-born Australian association football player. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany.

In late 1973, he scored the decisive goal against South Korea which sent Australia to its first ever World Cup. Socceroos defender Doug Utjesenovic described the goal emphatically, "that was one of the freakiest goals. You could try a million times to score the exact goal (and never do it). There was a free kick, the ball was knocked back and he ran onto the ball. It was a real thunderbolt."

Mackay died of a heart attack in 1998.

References

• Jimmy Mackay at National-Football-Teams.com