James Gary McGuire (born 30 September 1938) is an English former association football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

. He was born in

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, in the parish of Norton, Doncaster, Yorkshire. McGuire started playing football as a 16-year-old with West Ham United, before going on to play for Walthamstow Avenue, with whom he won the 1961

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. Described in the July 1961 edition of ''Charles Buchan's Football Monthly'' as "the most improved goalkeeper in the Isthmian League", McGuire played for the

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representative side that visited Kampala as part of the Ugandan Independence celebrations. He then spent three years in Australia, returning to England in February 1966 to join

from Hakoah. He took his chance to replace

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when he was out of the side with a broken finger, and helped the club to promotion from the

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. He played 32 first-team games for Torquay before leaving league football, playing in turn for non-league sides

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and Hastings United. McGuire worked in the City of London as an

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until he retired in 2003.

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1938 births Living people People from Norton, Doncaster Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster Footballers from South Yorkshire English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Walthamstow Avenue F.C. players Hakoah Sydney City East FC players Torquay United F.C. players Bedford Town F.C. players Hastings United F.C. (1948) players Isthmian League players English Football League players Southern Football League players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1930s-stub