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| Full name | Thomas McKinney | |||||
| Nickname | Tom | |||||
| Born | 31 December 1926 Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
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| Died | 10 November 1999 (aged 72) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1949–1949 | Jed-Forest RFC | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1949–1955 | Salford | |||||
| 1955–1957 | Warrington | |||||
| 1957–1959 | St. Helens | 93 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 43 |
| 1959–≥1959 | Salford | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1951–≥1951 | Other Nations | 7(8?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952–1952 | British Empire XIII | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954–1954 | Rugby League XIII | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951–1957 | Great Britain | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Thomas "Tom" McKinney was a Northern Irish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Jed-Forest RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Other Nations, British Empire XIII, and Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Salford (twice), Warrington, and St. Helens, playing at Prop, Hooker, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, during the era of contested scrums.
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Tom McKinney won 7(8?)-caps for Other Nations (RL), won a cap for British Empire XIII (RL) while at Salford in 1952 against New Zealand, won a cap for Rugby League XIII while at Salford in 1954 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Salford in 1951 against New Zealand, in 1952 against France (non-test), Australia (2 matches), in 1953 against France (non-test), in 1954 against France (non-test), Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, while at Warrington in 1955 against New Zealand (2 matches), France (non-test), New Zealand, in 1956 against France (non-test), while at St. Helens in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand.
In the 1954 Australasian Tour he was brought out of the scrum by Darcy Lawler [1], Australia's most controversial referee at the time, and accused of biting. A flabbergasted McKinney just opened his mouth to reveal his toothless gums.[1]
Raised in Scotland, Tom McKinney played rugby union for Jed-Forest RFC, in November 1949 he changed to the rugby league code and transferred to Salford, in January 1955 he transferred to Warrington, winning a 1954-55 Rugby Football League Championship medal, on the 22nd January 1957 he transferred to St. Helens for £2000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £91,200 in 2009),[2] winning a 1958-59 Rugby Football League Championship medal, after the 25th December 1959 he transferred to Salford.
On 25 March 2004 footballer were inducted into Rugby League Ireland's inaugural Hall of Fame at the Rugby League Heritage Centre in Huddersfield, they were; John "Jack" Daly (Huddersfield), Robert "Bob" Kelly (Keighley/Wakefield Trinity/Batley), Seamus McCallion (Halifax/Leeds/Bramley), Thomas "Tom" McKinney, (Salford/Warrington/St. Helens), Terry O'Connor (Salford/Wigan Warriors/Widnes Vikings), Patrick "Paddy" Reid (Huddersfield/Halifax).[3]
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