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McCabe, Thomas

46/7 - 48/9

Wishaw

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Signed from Douglas Water Primrose and a miner by trade Thomas found first team openings very limited at Easter Road. Indeed in September 1948 he was moved on loan to Hamilton having played 13 games in the first season after the war for Hibs. His senior career ended with a stint at Falkirk.

 

McCaffrey, Dermott

04/5 - 06/7

Hibs Youths

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McCaffrey, Stuart Muir

96/7 & 97/8

Duntocher BC

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2

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Stuart made only a handful of outings for Hibernian before moving to Aberdeen in the summer of 1999. His transfer was settled by a tribunal with Aberdeen being required to play £60,000 when Hibernian had asked for £100,000 compared to the Dons £37,5000 valuation. He never made the expected progress at Pittodrie and drifted to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

 

McClelland, Joe

54/5 - 63/4

Edinburgh Thistle

183

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2

37

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25

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12

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Hibs groundsman in the late 1950’s. Harry Reading ran a club called Edinburgh Thistle and it was from this nursery club that Hibs recruited many of their players in this era. Joe McClelland was one such signing. Born in Edinburgh in 1935 he may have been a late starter but Joe proved a most reliable signing.

  By season 1957/58 Joe was established as left back and he played in the disappointing 1958 Scottish Cup final defeat against Clyde. Away from Easter Road he was an industrious lad and coached the Americans who wanted to play soccer at the US Air Base in Kirknewton, Edinburgh.

    In June 1964 Joe joined Wrexham and he played in 32 games for the Welsh club in the 64/65 season.

 

McCluskey, George McKinlay Cassidy J

85/6 - 89/0

Leeds United

61

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It was John Blackley who signed George from Leeds United in 1986. The clever striker had spent 3 years at Elland Road but made his name at Celtic with whom he won all the major Scottish domestic honours. He spent 8 seasons at Celtic and scored 52 league goals for them, before rattling in 16 goals in 73 league outings for Leeds.

  A former Under 21 internationalist he continued to score  for Hibs in a five year career at Easter Road. George is well remembered as the victim of ‘that tackle’ by Graeme Souness in a particularly tempestuous clash with Rangers at Easter Road in 1986.

  He left for Hamilton after a three year spell with Hibs and cost the Lanarkshire club for £35,000. George later played with Kilmarnock and Clyde.

McCluskey, Jamie

03/4 - 06/7

Hibs Youths

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18

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If ever evidence was needed that Hibernian was a club totally committed to its youth policy in the early part of the new millennium, then it came in the winter of 2003 at Kilmarnock. A Hibs side ravaged by injury (Brebner, Glass, Murray ant Thomson were all ruled out)was forced to list the sixteen year old McCluskey as a substitute and the young man made Hibs debut in the 84th minute. His claim to fame was being the youngest Hibee in forty years.  He failed to make himself a regular in the first team and was transferred to St Johnstone.

 

McCracken, Jimmy

51/2 & 52/3

Baillieston

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2

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McCreadie, Harvey

62/3

Mosley

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3

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Born in Johnstone in 1943. A talented full-back he scored three times for Hibs in the 1962/63 season but fancied his chances south of the border. He joined Watford in 1963 but made only one league outing for the Hornets.

 

McCurdy, Patrick

82/3 & 83/4

Shamrock BC

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4

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The offer of a contract at Hibs was enough for the Greenock youngster to abandon his painting and decorating apprenticeship in 1982. He did not regret his decision as he scored on his debut for Hibs in an 8-1 rout of Kilmarnock in April 1983. He played his last game in the 1983/84 season and failed to make a more lasting impression.

  In 1984 he became a member of John Lambie’s Hamilton squad but his left wing talents did not really blossom there either. Subsequent moves carried him to Morton, Stranraer and Alloa.

  He enjoyed greater success in the junior ranks serving Dalry Thistle and then netting the winner in the 1994 Scottish Junior Cup final for Largs Thistle (Alan Rough was in the opposition dug-out as Glenafton manager).

 

McDonald, Kevin Alan

03/4 - 05/6

Sunderland

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Signed from Sunderland in 2003, young Kevin was integrated into the Hibs youth system and made his bow on the final day of the 2003/04 season. The midfielder was born in Newcastle.

 

McDonald, Michael Flynn

75/6 - 79/80

Stoke

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16

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11

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8

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A solid goalkeeper Mike arrived at Easter Road intent on fulfilling his promise.

   Born in Glasgow he had started his career with Clydebank shortly after the club entered the Scottish League in 1965. Mike was ‘a Bankie’ for five years before moving on to Stoke City where he was apprentice to not just Gordon Banks but also Peter Shilton. Not surprisingly first team openings were limited!

   Eddie Turnbull signed Mike for Hibs for £25,000 in January 1976 and this was soon proved to be money well spent. He played in over 100 league games for Hibs and proved himself an able shot stopper.

  There was however one bitter disappointment. In the League Cup semi-final of 1978 against Aberdeen he was beaten by a very long distance lob by Stewart Kennedy after 107 minutes of a tense game at Dens Park.

   After leaving Easter Road he played with Dundee and Berwick before making the short journey to Tynecastle in order to coach Hearts reserves. However, the game still pulled at him and he returned to playing with Hawick and then St Johnstone.

 

McDonald, Tommy

47/8 - 53/4

Hill o' Beath

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A talented outside-left, Tommy was born in Glasgow in May 1930 and joined Hibs in the late 1940s. He made his league debut in the 49/50 season, and scored his first league goals in the 53/54 season when he grabbed 6 in 14 games.

    Ultimately he was unable to command a regular first team spot and he signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in April 1954 but played only five games before moving on to Leicester City where he enjoyed 3 very successful seasons and scored 27 goals in only 113 matches.

  In 1960, aged 30 he signed for Dunfermline and he was able to help them reach the 1961 Scottish Cup final. Sadly he missed the final through injury and a couple of years later he joined Raith Rovers

 

McEwan, William Johnston McGowan

69/0 - 72/3

Pumpherston

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Signed in 1967 from Uphall Saints Billy was essentially a fringe player at Hibs. A half back he found it hard to break into the first team but did celebrate scoring a European winner against Malmo. Overall he had 61 league outings to his name between 1969 and 1973. He later played in England with the likes of Blackpool, Brighton, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Peterborough and Rotherham. Was manager of York City when Hibs signed Clayton Donaldson on a pre contract in January 2007.

 

McGachie, John

83/4 & 84/5

Aberdeen

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8

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Signed by Hibs from Aberdeen in 1984, John was a Scotland Schoolboy internationalist. He did not make the expected impact at Easter Road and moved on to Hamilton Accies having made 11 outings for Hibs. He did score a notable counter against Aberdeen at the tail end of the 83/84 season..

  He netted on his debut for Accies and proved a useful marksman for them but he joined Meadowbank a year before returning to Accies then moving on to Stirling Albion, Montrose and Keith.

 

McGhee, Alex J

71/2 - 78/9

Edinburgh Th

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A forward who played with Hibs in the late 1970s. Between 1971 and 1978 he played 25 matches for Hibs which confirmed his fringe status. He was transferred to Dundee in 1978

McGinlay, Patrick David

87/8 -92/3 99/00

Blackpool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McGinlay, Patrick David

94/5 - 99/00

Celtic

301

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60

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Born in Glasgow in 1967 Pat went from Anniesland Waverely to Blackpool when only 17. He was there for three seasons before moving to Hibs and beginning a long association with the club that was broken only by a stint with Celtic.

  A very versatile player he was happiest playing in midfield but his goals to games ratio suggested he could have played as a forward with ease. He was a League (Skol) Cup winner with Hibs in 1991 and was on the verge of international honours when Celtic signed him for £525,000 in 1993.

  A consistent marksman for the Celts he nevertheless did not quite seem to fit and Hibs were able to lure him back. Although it was a close run thing as he very nearly joined Motherwell in the deal that took Phil O’Donnell to Parkhead. Hibs broke their transfer record to buy him back for £425,000 and did not regret the big outlay.

  He came into his own when Hibs were relegated in 1998 and helped the club achieve promotion. Finally he left to join Ayr United.

 

McGinn, Ross

80/1

 

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McGlinchey, Paul

79/0 & 80/1

Tynecastle BC

10

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An Edinburgh born midfielder, Paul joined Hibs from Tynecastle Boys Club and by 1980 had made 7 league appearances.

  A Silk-screen printer to trade his stay at Easter Road was short but he did manage an outing for Scotland’s Professional Youth side whilst a Hibee.

 

McGlynn, Tony J.P.

61/2 - 63/4

Edinburgh Thistle

3

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2

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An inside forward, Tony was signed from Edinburgh Thistle in 1961. He scored the winner against Raith Rovers early in the 61/62 season but that was the only occasion on which his services were called upon that term. Two seasons later he found the target against Motherwell but failed to hold his place in the firs team. He left Hibs in 1964 having scored twice in three outings.

 

McGovern, Paul

86/7 - 89/90

Royston Roseberry

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Edinburgh born Paul joined Hibernian as a 17 year old from Royston Roseberry in 1985. He made his debut for the first team in a 3-2 Skol Cup win over Montrose.

  His career also took in varied locations such as Partick Thistle and Cyprus. Paul was also an unused trialist substitute for Ayr United before a spell with Gala Fairydean.

 

McGraw, Allan

66/7 - 68/9

Morton

60

3

17

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A superb striker with Morton it was rather unfortunate that Hibs did not sign Alan until 1966, by which time he was already being plagued by the knee injuries that would ultimately end his career.

   His career with Morton was so good that it merits retelling even in a publication essentially about Hibs. Such was the prolific nature of McGraw’s scoring he earned the sobriquet ‘Quick Draw’ McGraw. He once scored over 50 goals in a season for Morton and twice helped the club gain promotion, as well as reach the 1963 League Cup final.

  He was five seasons with Morton and their top scorer in each and every one. In the League Cup semi-final of 1963 he scored the goal that denied Hibs a final place at the expense of the Greenock club. Prior to being with Morton he had played with Renfrew Juniors.

  As a Hibs player McGraw, whilst hampered by injury, looked every bit the complete professional. His commitment was beyond reproach and whilst not as prolific as he had been at Cappielow he was a useful goalscorer. In 1968 he scored a league cup semi-final winner  against Dundee that entered Easter Road folklore (despite being scored at Tynecastle). The circumstances were unusual in that he was effectively ‘a lame duck’ at the time, having been badly injured but remaining on the field as Hibs had already used their only substitute (Jim O’Rourke).

 

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