William George McGinnigle (5 June 1892 – 11 Oct 1947) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for Cambuslang Rangers, Hibernian, Celtic and Coleraine.
He made 333 appearances for Hibs in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup(Hibernian player) McGinnigle, William, FitbaStats including two finals of the knockout competition (1923 and 1924, both ending in defeat).The Cup Final Airdrieonians' First Success, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1924 In contrast, he played in only one league fixture for Celtic on an emergency loan due to wartime circumstances in 1918, which they won on the way to winning the championship by a single point.
He was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1924 and took part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match a year earlier,Football International Trial Match, The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1923 but never received a full international cap.
McGinnigle served in the British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders during the First World War and he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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