Duncan McVey

Duncan Joseph McVey (2 March 1938 - 8 February 2010) was a New Zealand footballer and General Practitioner who represented New Zealand at international level.^[1]

Duncan McVey

Personal information
Full name	Dr Duncan Joseph McVey
Date of birth	2 March 1938
Place of birth	Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	(2010-02-08)8 February 2010
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Position(s)	Inside-forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Northern
International career
1962	New Zealand	1	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Duncan Joseph McVey was born on 2 March 1938 in Baillieston, a working-class neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, to Anthony Peter McVey, a boilermaker, 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 aboard the Tamaroa, leaving Southampton on 16 November 1951.^[2]

McVey made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–1 win over New Caledonia on 2 June 1962, McVey and Trefor Pugh scoring twice each for New Zealand.^[3][4]

In later life, McVey went on to become a GP and died on 8 February 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 71.