Alistair McGinn

Alistair McGinn
Personal information
Born Q4.1952
Wandsworth, London, England
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
1973–1974 St Lukes
1974–1992 Southgate
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
England & Great Britain

Alistair Kirk McGinn (born Q4.1952) is a former British hockey international.

Biography

McGinn was educated at Dane Court Grammar School[1] and played club hockey for St Luke's College, Exeter in Devon.[2] He was a physical education teacher at Slough Grammar School.[3]

He signed to play for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League[4] and won back to back league titles with the club in 1976–77[5] and 1977–78.[6]

He was part of the Southgate team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978.[7]

Still at Southgate he was selected by England for the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup.[8][9] He continued to play for Southgate and was a member of their veteran team.[10]

His brother Ian McGinn played for England and his son Oliver played hockey for Chelmsford Hockey Club.[11]

References

  1. ^ "National trial". East Kent Times and Mail. 26 March 1971. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "webb's move a winner". Western Daily Press. 16 October 1973. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Slough Grammar School in the 1960s". Old Paludians. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "National trial". East Kent Times and Mail. 26 March 1971. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Luckless Bournville so close". Birmingham Mail. 12 September 1977. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Sefton's good show". Liverpool Echo. 25 September 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Hockey". Dunmow Observer. 26 December 1991. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Hockey: S African runs into permit problems". The Independent. 31 October 1998. Retrieved 3 July 2025.


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