Maurice McVeigh

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Years Team
?–1948 Distillery
1948–? Glenavon
Maurice McVeigh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1948 Distillery
1948–? Glenavon
International career
1950–1958 Northern Ireland Amateurs 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice McVeigh was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played with Glenavon from 1948. Nicknamed "Twinkle Toes", he was a member of Glenavon's first-ever Irish League championship teams.[1] A shipyard worker from Belfast, he won 11 amateur international caps for Northern Ireland and one inter-league cap for the Irish League.[1] He was the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1954–55 season.[2]

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