Austin McGill (born 29 January 1935) is a Scottish former professional

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who played in the

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for Queen of the South and in the English Football League for

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

. He played as a

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. McGill was born in

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

. He played football for Nithsdale Wanderers before joining First Division club Queen of the South in July 1958. Queens were relegated at the end of the season, and in August 1959, McGill moved south of the border to sign for English

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club

. He spent only one season with Carlisle, but scored twice on his debut, on the opening day of the season in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace, and finished the season as the club's leading league scorer with 12 goals. After leaving Carlisle, McGill moved to

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, for whom he scored 26 goals from 40 appearances and helped the club gain promotion to the

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. In September 1961 he returned to Queen of the South.

References

1935 births Living people Footballers from Dumfries Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Queen of the South F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Southern Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1930s-stub