James William McGhee (21 August 1930 – October 2019) was a Scottish

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who played on the

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or at

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. He appeared in the

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for

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and Morton and in the English League for

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and Newport County. He also played for Southern League club Barry Town, and for

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of the Irish League, for whom he scored one of the goals as they beat Linfield 2–0 to win the 1957–58 Irish Cup.

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1930 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Motherwell Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Forth Wanderers F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Barry Town United F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Ballymena United F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Southern Football League players NIFL Premiership players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1930s-stub