Kevin McGarry

Kevin McGarry

Personal information
Full name	John Kevin McGarry
Date of birth	c. 1925
Date of death	August 1995 (age 70)
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946-1948	Belfast Celtic	?	(5)
1948-1959	Cliftonville
1959-1960	Sligo Rovers	?	(2)
1960-1961	Dundalk	2	(0)
1961-1964	Cliftonville	3	(0)
1964-1965	Limerick	5	(4)
International career
1950-51	Northern Ireland	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dr John Kevin McGarry (c. 1925 – August 1995) was a Northern Ireland international footballer who played with Cliftonville from 1949. He played Gaelic football before being convinced to sign amateur forms with Belfast Celtic. He played a few first-team games for Celtic before signing with Cliftonville. At Solitude he was also a prolific goalscorer. He was named as the inaugural Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1950/51 season.

As a student at Queen's University, he was selected by Ireland for an amateur international against England in February 1948: a 5-0 defeat. He was then chosen for an Irish F.A. representative side which beat the United States 5-0, with McGarry scoring twice. In 1952, he was part of the Great Britain squad at the Helsinki Olympics.

He was selected for Ireland's 1950/51 Home Nations squad, making his full international debut against Scotland at Hampden Park, in which he scored in a 2-1 defeat. He earned two more caps, also playing in the match against Wales, and then in a friendly against France.

He represented the Irish League on numerous occasions, scoring a record 12 goals.

External links

• Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats

• M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications