| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1936-01-08)8 January 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Alloa, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | November 2022(2022-11-00) (aged 86) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1955 | Queen's Park | 9 | (4) |
| 1955–1956 | Stirling Albion | 4 | (0) |
| 1956–1959 | Queen's Park | 49 | (0) |
| 1959–1966 | St Johnstone | 206 | (11) |
| Total | 268 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 1960 | Great Britain | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronald McKinven (8 January 1936 – November 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half, making over 250 appearances in the Scottish Football League.
Career
Club career
McKinven played in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park, Stirling Albion and St Johnstone.
International career
McKinven represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Personal life and death
McKinven was born in Alloa on 8 January 1936. After retiring as a footballer he became an interior designer.
McKinven died in November 2022, at the age of 86.
References
- "QUEENS PARK : 1946/47 - 2008/0". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- "STIRLING ALBION : 1947/48 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- "ST JOHNSTONE : 1946/47 - 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- Plunkett, Paul (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Ron McKinven". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Ronald McKinven". Scotland's People. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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- 1936 births
- 2022 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football wing halves
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Scotland men's amateur international footballers
- Sportspeople from Alloa
- Footballers from Clackmannanshire
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Scottish football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs