Bobby McIlvenny
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert McIlvenny | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 15 May 2016 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Southport, Merseyside, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Merthyr Tydfil | |||
1949–1954 | Oldham Athletic | 139 | (36) |
1954–1955 | Bury | 12 | (1) |
1955–1957 | Southport | 77 | (16) |
1957–1959 | Barrow | 43 | (11) |
Yeovil Town | |||
Colwyn Bay | |||
Total | 271 | (64) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert McIlvenny (7 July 1926 – 15 May 2016),[1] was a Northern Irish footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League. He made 139 league appearances with Oldham Athletic where he scored 36 goals.[2]
McIlvenny died on 15 May 2016 at Millbrook House in Southport at the age of 89.[3]
McIlvenny's older brother Paddy also played in the Football League. Their father, also a Paddy McIlvenny, was an Ireland international footballer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McILVENNY ROBERT : Obituary
- ^ "Bobby McIlvenny". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/southport-visiter/20160526/281724088793343
- ^ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
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Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2016 deaths
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Colwyn Bay F.C. players
- Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs