Charles McGill (3 February 1903 – 1988) was a Scottish

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who played as a

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. He spent much of his career in the United States, most of it with Fall River, where he won the American Soccer League three times ( 1925–26, 1928–29 and

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). He returned to Scotland in 1931 where he spent seven years with

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, being part of the team that finished in third place in

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table and runners-up in 1936–37, although he was not selected for the

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. McGill was selected once for the

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against the English

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in 1935.

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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1903 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Kilmarnock Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Scottish Junior Football Association players Highland Football League players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Darvel F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Forres Mechanics F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Boston Soccer Club players New York Yankees (soccer) players Boston Bears (soccer) players Fall River F.C. (1922–1931) players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish emigrants to the United States 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1900s-stub