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Harry McIlvenny

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Harry McIlvenny
McIlvenny with number 9 at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-10-05)5 October 1922
Place of birth Bradford, England
Date of death 29 June 2009(2009-06-29) (aged 86)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19xx–1946 Yorkshire Amateur
1946–1950 Bradford Park Avenue 43 (17)
1950–1953 Bishop Auckland
International career
1948 Great Britain 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry J. McIlvenny (5 October 1922 – 29 June 2009) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.[1]

Career

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Born in Bradford, McIlvenny played club football for Yorkshire Amateur, Bradford Park Avenue and Bishop Auckland.[2]

He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Personal life

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McIlvenny served in the RAF in World War Two and died in 2009, aged 86.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Harry McIlvenny". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  3. ^ Harry McIlvennyFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Memories of Busby's Olympics striker go on show". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 July 2012.