Cornelius McQuade Duffy (7 March 1937 – 17 June 2013) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. His most prominent spell was with Partick Thistle,Partick Thistle 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database and he was inducted into their 'Hall of Fame' in 2009.Hall of Fame | Neil Duffy, Partick Thistle FC
Career Duffy began his career in the SJFA with north Glasgow team AshfieldNeil Duffy | Thistle Star Of The Past, match programme, Partick Thistle FC, 26 April 1981 (via Partick Thistle History Archive). alongside future European Cup winner Stevie Chalmers, who stated in his autobiography that he felt Duffy was the more skilled of the pair of them.The Winning Touch: My Autobiography, Stevie Chalmers, Graham McColl; Hachette UK, 2012; Both were selected for the Scotland team at that level before stepping up to senior football.
Other than a single Scottish Football League appearance on trial for Hamilton Academical,Hamilton 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database his first senior club was East Stirlingshire,East Stirling 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database followed by five years at Partick Thistle, during which the club made a challenge for the Scottish League title in the 1962–63 season, but lost form after delays caused by a very harsh winter.Thistle Advent | Day 2 | Neil Duffy, Partick Thistle FC, 2 December 2017 In late 1964 he moved on to St JohnstoneSt Johnstone 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database in a swap deal involving Dan McLindon, resuming a playing partnership with Gordon Whitelaw."Great Saints" Player Profile – Gordon Whitelaw, saintshistory, 15 November 2013
Duffy then immigrated to South Africa where continued to be involved in football as a player and a coach. His son, also named Neil Duffy, likewise became a footballer, growing up in South Africa and initially playing there before establishing himself in the Scottish leagues.
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