Duncan Joseph McVey (2 March 1938 - 8 February 2010) was a New Zealand
footballer
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and
General Practitioner
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who represented
New Zealand
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at international level.
Biography
Duncan Joseph McVey was born on 2 March 1938 in
Baillieston
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It also gives its name to Ward 20 of Glasgow City Council and forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the UK Parliament.
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, a working-class neighbourhood of
Glasgow
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,
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, to Anthony Peter McVey, a
boilermaker
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, and Mary Jane Johnstone. He had an older brother, two younger brothers, and a younger sister.
The family lived at 74 South Scott Street until, when Duncan was 13, they emigrated to
New Zealand
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aboard the ''Tamaroa'', leaving
Southampton
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on 16 November 1951.
["New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1974," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-61Z9-2RG?cc=1609792&wc=MP7G-3YF%3A119260101%2C119038001%2C119102001 : 3 July 2019), Wellington > 1951 > Tamaroa > image 7 of 11; Archives New Zealand, Wellington. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
]
McVey made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–1 win over
New Caledonia
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on 2 June 1962, McVey and
Trefor Pugh
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Pugh made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–1 win over New Caledonia
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scoring twice each for New Zealand.
In later life, McVey went on to become a
GP and died on 8 February 2010 in
Wellington
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,
New Zealand
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, at the age of 71.
References
2010 deaths
New Zealand men's association footballers
New Zealand men's international footballers
1938 births
Men's association football inside forwards
20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
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