Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cornelius McQuade Duffy | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1937[1] | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 17 June 2013[2] | (aged 75–76)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Ashfield | ||
1957 | → Hamilton Academical (trial) | 1 | (0) |
1958–1960 | East Stirlingshire | ||
1960–1964 | Partick Thistle | 134 | (55) |
1964–1967 | St Johnstone | 59 | (22) |
International career | |||
1964[3] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cornelius McQuade Duffy (7 March 1937 – 17 June 2013) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. His most prominent spell was with Partick Thistle,[4] and he was inducted into their 'Hall of Fame' in 2009.[5]
Duffy began his career in the SJFA with north Glasgow team Ashfield[6] alongside future European Cup winner Stevie Chalmers, who stated in his autobiography that he felt Duffy was the more skilled of the pair of them.[7] Both were selected for the Scotland team at that level before stepping up to senior football.[6]
Other than a single Scottish Football League appearance on trial for Hamilton Academical,[8] his first senior club was East Stirlingshire,[9] followed by five years at Partick Thistle, during which the club made a challenge for the Scottish League title in the 1962–63 season, but lost form after delays caused by a very harsh winter.[5][6][10] In late 1964 he moved on to St Johnstone[11] in a swap deal involving Dan McLindon,[6] resuming a playing partnership with Gordon Whitelaw.[12]
Duffy then immigrated to South Africa where continued to be involved in football as a player and a coach.[6] His son, also named Neil Duffy, likewise became a footballer, growing up in South Africa and initially playing there before establishing himself in the Scottish leagues.