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Neil Duffy
Personal information
Full name Cornelius McQuade Duffy
Date of birth 1937
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 17 June 2013(2013-00-00) (aged 75–76)[1]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Ashfield
1957 → Hamilton Academical (trial) 1 (0)
1958–1960 East Stirlingshire
1960–1964 Partick Thistle 134 (55)
1964–1967 St Johnstone 59 (22)
International career
1964[2] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cornelius McQuade Duffy (1937 – 17 June 2013) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. His most prominent spell was with Partick Thistle,[3] and he was inducted into their 'Hall of Fame' in 2009.[4]

Career

Duffy began his career in the Junior grade with north Glasgow team Ashfield[5] alongside future European Cup winner Stevie Chalmers, who stated in his autobiography that he felt Duffy was the more skilled of the pair of them.[6] Both were selected for the Scotland team at that level before stepping up to senior football.[5]

Other than a single Scottish Football League appearance on trial for Hamilton Academical,[7] his first senior club was East Stirlingshire,[8] followed by five years at Partick Thistle, during which the club made a challenge for the Scottish League title in the 1962–63 season, but lost form after delays caused by a very harsh winter.[4][5][9] In late 1964 he moved on to St Johnstone[10] in a swap deal involving Dan McLindon,[5] resuming a playing partnership with Gordon Whitelaw.[11]

Duffy then emigrated to South Africa where continued to be involved in football as a player and a coach.[5] His son, also named Neil Duffy, likewise became a footballer, growing up in South Africa and initially playing there before establishing himself in the Scottish leagues.

References

  1. ^ Announcement | Death Notices & Obituaries | Neil Duffy, Evening Times, 19 June 2013
  2. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
  3. ^ Partick Thistle 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ a b Hall of Fame | Neil Duffy, Partick Thistle FC
  5. ^ a b c d e Neil Duffy | Thistle Star Of The Past, match programme, Partick Thistle FC, 26 April 1981 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  6. ^ The Winning Touch: My Autobiography, Stevie Chalmers, Graham McColl; Hachette UK, 2012; ISBN 9780755363230
  7. ^ Hamilton 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  8. ^ East Stirling 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  9. ^ Thistle Advent | Day 2 | Neil Duffy, Partick Thistle FC, 2 December 2017
  10. ^ St Johnstone 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  11. ^ "Great Saints" Player Profile – Gordon Whitelaw, saintshistory, 15 November 2013
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