Tommy McInally

Thomas McInally (18 December 1899 – 29 December 1955) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.

Tommy McInally
Personal information
Full name Thomas McInally
Birth name Bernard McInally
Date of birth (1899-12-18)18 December 1899
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland
Date of death 29 December 1955(1955-12-29) (aged 56)
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Croy Celtic
1918–1919 St Anthony's
1919–1922 Celtic 93 (75)
1922–1925 Third Lanark 87 (40)
1925–1928 Celtic 96 (42)
1928–1929 Sunderland 35 (3)
1929–1930 Bournemouth
1930 Morton 7 (0)
1931 Derry City
Armadale
National team
1926 Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

McInally played for Celtic from 1919 to 1922 and 1925 to 1928,[1] with a spell at Third Lanark in between.[2]

He made 213 appearances and scored 127 goals for Celtic. [3] His career was ultimately a disappointment because of his inability to accept discipline, yet he was generally reckoned to have been one of the most gifted players ever to have worn the green and white of Celtic and he remains extremely popular with their fans.

After leaving for the second time, he played in England for a season with Sunderland.[4] McIally also played twice for the Scotland national team in 1926.[5]

Personal life

His birth name was actually Bernard McInally, but his first name had been changed to Thomas by the time of the 1901 census.[6]

In the 2000s a sympathetic biography was published – "Tommy McInally – Celtic's Bad Bhoy?" by David Potter.

References
  1. Celtic player Tommy McInally, FitbaStats
  2. [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  3. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/999337/the-mavericks:-tommy-mcinally?cc=5901
  4. Tommy McInally, TheStatCat
  5. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=823&playerID=112920&CFID=3046946&CFTOKEN=81328168
  6. Mitchell, Andy (31 January 2013). "When Bernard became Tommy – the McInally mystery". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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