McClory was a member of the Holy Family Boxing Club of Belfast and won the Irish featherweight title in March 1958.[1]
He was selected for the 1958 Northern Irish team[2] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 57kg featherweight category[3] and won the bronze medal.[4]
He was a surprise omission from the Irish team for the a meeting in Dublin in October 1958[5] but the Belfast storekeeper[6] continued to box at the highest level, representing Ireland against Germany in October 1960.[7] He went on to coach boxers including a spell at the Dominic Savio Boxing club of Belfast in 1963.[8]
