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{{Short description|Irish footballer (1934–2017)}}
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| name = Maxie McCann

| name = Maxie McCann
| fullname = James McCann
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|04|df=y}}
| fullname = James McCann
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| birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| birth_date = 1934
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|11|16|1934|3|04|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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| death_place = Dublin, Ireland
| death_date =
| position = [[Forward (football)|Outside-Right]]
| position = [[Outside-right]]
| years1 = 1952–1954
| years1 = 1952-1954 |clubs1 = Clontarf A.F.C. |caps1 = |goals1 =
| clubs1 = Clontarf A.F.C.
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| years2 = 1954-1962 |clubs2 = [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] |caps2 = 132 |goals2 = 46
| caps1 =
| years3 = 1962-1964 |clubs3 = [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]] |caps3 = 32 |goals3 = 8
| goals1 =
| years4 = 1964-1965 |clubs4 = [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] |caps4 = 9 |goals4 = 2
| years2 = 1954–1962
| years5 = 1965-1966 |clubs5 = [[Transport F.C.|Transport]] |caps5 = |goals5 =
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| clubs2 = [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
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| nationalyears1 = 1956
| caps2 = 134
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| nationalyears2 = 1957-1958
| goals2 = 46
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| nationalyears3 = 1958
| years3 = 1962–1964
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| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| clubs3 = [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]]
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| nationalteam2 = [[League of Ireland XI]]
| caps3 = 32
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| nationalteam3 = [[Republic of Ireland B national football team|Republic of Ireland B]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 1964–1965
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| nationalcaps2 = 4
| clubs4 = [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]
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| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| caps4 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1965–1966
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| nationalgoals3 = 1
| clubs5 = [[Transport F.C.|Transport]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1956
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| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 1
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| nationalyears2 = 1957–1958
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| nationalteam2 = [[League of Ireland XI]]
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| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 3
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| nationalyears3 = 1958
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| nationalteam3 = [[Republic of Ireland B national football team|Republic of Ireland B]]
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| nationalcaps3 = 2
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| nationalgoals3 = 1
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'''James "Maxie" McCann''' (born 1934) is a former soccer player from [[Dublin]], Ireland.
'''James''' "'''Maxie'''" '''McCann''' (4 March 1934 – 16 November 2017) was an Irish [[association football|soccer]] player from [[Dublin]].


Maxie joined the Hoops in 1954 and made his debut on the 10th of April in a 2-0 win against [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]] at [[Dalymount Park]] having signed the previous Tuesday. He scored a hat trick in his second senior game [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1954/0414/Pg003.html#Ar00302:1783541F23730E039B0ED3B80F139E12C3BA23735524137415D3511663700834B708C4CC0E43B20EC3CE0EC3B20F13CE0F13B20F93CE1C529125730025729028B2FF0DE34C12A36B0CF3871023A31083C913C3E62A423F2D025407A2871A02F606B34908236808234B08D36708F3490D236807C3840C03A025B23F298254].
McCann joined [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] in 1954 and made his debut on 10 April in a 2–0 win against [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]] at [[Dalymount Park]] having signed the previous week.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=SIN%2F1954%2F04%2F11&id=Ar01025&sk=745F3881 |title=Lackadaisical Bohs Lose To Rovers |last=Murphy |first=W.P. |date=11 April 1954 |work=Sunday Independent |via=[[Irish Newspaper Archive]] |accessdate=9 May 2017}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1954%2F04%2F06&id=Ar00926&sk=344B651A |title=Junior Player Goes to Rovers |date=6 April 1954 |work=Irish Press |via=Irish Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored a hat-trick in his second senior game.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IEX%2F1954%2F04%2F14&id=Ar00901&sk=8003F7C2|title=Dublin Side's Resounding Win Over Waterford |date=14 April 1954 |work=Irish Examiner |via=Irish Newspaper Archive|accessdate=9 May 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1954/0414/Pg003.html#Ar00302:1783541F23730E039B0ED3B80F139E12C3BA23735524137415D3511663700834B708C4CC0E43B20EC3CE0EC3B20F13CE0F13B20F93CE1C529125730025729028B2FF0DE34C12A36B0CF3871023A31083C913C3E62A423F2D025407A2871A02F606B34908236808234B08D36708F3490D236807C3840C03A025B23F298254]{{subscription required}}</ref>


He played for [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.]] as a winger. He played in European competition for the [[Glenmalure Park|Milltown]] club, famously scoring in a 3-2 defeat for Rovers against Manchester United in a 1957 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] Preliminary Round tie at [[Old Trafford]] [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php].
He played for Shamrock Rovers as a [[winger (association football)|winger]]. He played in European competition for the [[Glenmalure Park|Milltown]] club, scoring in a 3–2 defeat for Rovers against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in a 1957 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] preliminary round tie at [[Old Trafford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shamrockrovers.ie:80/europeanresults.php |title=European Results 1957 - date |publisher=Shamrock Rovers Football Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123120409/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php |archive-date=23 January 2007 |accessdate=8 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


This goal was the first ever scored in European competition by a player representing an Irish club. In total he made 2 appearances for Rovers in Europe and scored 46 League and 7 [[FAI Cup]] goals during his time at [[Glenmalure Park]]. He also represented the [[League of Ireland XI]] 4 times scoring three.
This goal was the first ever scored in European competition by a player representing an Irish club. In total he made two appearances for Rovers in Europe and scored 46 League and 7 [[FAI Cup]] goals during his time at [[Glenmalure Park]]. He also represented the [[League of Ireland XI]] four times scoring three goals.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}


He won his one and only senior cap for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] on 25 November 1956, scoring the third goal in a 3-0 win over world champions Germany at [[Dalymount Park]]. He won two [[Republic of Ireland B national football team]] caps in 1958 scoring the winner in Iceland on his debut.
He won his one and only senior cap for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] on 25 November 1956, scoring the third goal in a 3–0 win over world champions Germany at [[Dalymount Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fai.ie/ireland/senior-men/caps-list |title=Ireland's International Players |publisher=Football Association of Ireland |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1956%2F11%2F26&id=Ar00903&sk=BA33E4E6 |title=Ireland battle to 3-0 |last=Piondar |first=Sean |date=26 November 1956 |work=Irish Press |via=Irish Newspaper Archive}}{{subscription required}}</ref> He won two [[Republic of Ireland B national football team]] caps in 1958 scoring the winner in Iceland on his debut.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IND%2F1958%2F08%2F13&id=Ar01217&sk=AC7ECFCF|title=Irish Team's 3-2 Win Over Iceland |date=13 August 1958 |work=Irish Independent |via=Irish Newspaper Archive|accessdate=9 May 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref>


He shared his benefit with [[Tommy Hamilton]] against Sunderland at [[Dalymount Park]] on the 30th of April 1962 [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1962/0501/Pg002.html#Ar00206:784B587BFB727C1B5A7C8B74].
He shared his benefit with [[Tommy Hamilton]] against Sunderland at [[Dalymount Park]] on 30 April 1962.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1962%2F05%2F01&id=Ar02004&sk=BBF7B53B|title=Sunderland Put Up Good Show |last=Mathers |first=Vincent |date=1 May 1962 |work=Irish Press |via=Irish Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1962/0501/Pg002.html#Ar00206:784B587BFB727C1B5A7C8B74]{{subscription required}}</ref>


His son Ray played for [[Bohemian F.C.]] in the 1980s,other sons Shay had a long career playing in the [[Athletic Union League (Dublin)|Athletic Union League]], David (Maxie) player his schoolboy football at Belvo, part of the first Belvo team to win an A league in the D.D.S.L, then went on to Leinster Senior and League of Ireland, youngest son Paul played for [[Sheriff Y.C.]] and his grandson Alan McCann plays for [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.]]'s U21s.
His son Ray played for [[Bohemian F.C.]] in the 1980s. Of his other sons, Shay had a long career playing in the [[Athletic Union League (Dublin)|Athletic Union League]], David (Maxie) played his schoolboy football at Belvo, part of the first Belvo team to win an A league in the D.D.S.L, then went on to Leinster Senior and League of Ireland and youngest son Paul played for [[Sheriff Y.C.]] His grandson Alan McCann played for [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.]] before moving into coaching where he is now at [[Reading United AC]] in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2018/08/02/reading-united-s-alan-mccann-named-pdl-coach-year |title=Reading United's Alan McCann named PDL Coach of the Year |publisher=Philadelphia Union |access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>


In February 2008 Jimmy, along with [[Liam Hennessy (footballer)|Liam Hennessy]] were invited to the Munich commemoration at [[Manchester United]] [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/pressrelease.php?subaction=showfull&id=1201521432&archive=&start_from=&ucat=10&].
In February 2008, McCann, and [[Liam Hennessy (footballer)|Liam Hennessy]] were invited to the Munich commemoration at [[Manchester United]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0128/227382-shamrockrovers/ |title=Rovers invited to Munich commemoration |date=28 January 2008 |work=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref>


McCann died in Dublin on 16 November 2017, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web |title=James McCann |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13415#google_vignette |website=EU Football |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RIP Maxie |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/post/102659465/ |website=RTE News |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref>
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== Sources ==

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* ''The Hoops'' by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
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==Sources==
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* ''The Hoops'' by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins ({{ISBN|0-7171-2121-6}})
* Shamrock Rovers programme 29 August 2008
* Shamrock Rovers programme 29 August 2008


==Footnotes==
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1934
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 5 December 2024

Maxie McCann
Personal information
Full name James McCann
Date of birth (1934-03-04)4 March 1934
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 16 November 2017(2017-11-16) (aged 83)
Place of death Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Outside-right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1954 Clontarf A.F.C.
1954–1962 Shamrock Rovers 134 (46)
1962–1964 Drumcondra 32 (8)
1964–1965 Dundalk 9 (2)
1965–1966 Transport
International career
1956 Republic of Ireland 1 (1)
1957–1958 League of Ireland XI 4 (3)
1958 Republic of Ireland B 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James "Maxie" McCann (4 March 1934 – 16 November 2017) was an Irish soccer player from Dublin.

McCann joined Shamrock Rovers in 1954 and made his debut on 10 April in a 2–0 win against Bohemians at Dalymount Park having signed the previous week.[1][2] He scored a hat-trick in his second senior game.[3][4]

He played for Shamrock Rovers as a winger. He played in European competition for the Milltown club, scoring in a 3–2 defeat for Rovers against Manchester United in a 1957 European Cup preliminary round tie at Old Trafford.[5]

This goal was the first ever scored in European competition by a player representing an Irish club. In total he made two appearances for Rovers in Europe and scored 46 League and 7 FAI Cup goals during his time at Glenmalure Park. He also represented the League of Ireland XI four times scoring three goals.[citation needed]

He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 25 November 1956, scoring the third goal in a 3–0 win over world champions Germany at Dalymount Park.[6][7] He won two Republic of Ireland B national football team caps in 1958 scoring the winner in Iceland on his debut.[8]

He shared his benefit with Tommy Hamilton against Sunderland at Dalymount Park on 30 April 1962.[9][10]

His son Ray played for Bohemian F.C. in the 1980s. Of his other sons, Shay had a long career playing in the Athletic Union League, David (Maxie) played his schoolboy football at Belvo, part of the first Belvo team to win an A league in the D.D.S.L, then went on to Leinster Senior and League of Ireland and youngest son Paul played for Sheriff Y.C. His grandson Alan McCann played for St Patrick's Athletic F.C. before moving into coaching where he is now at Reading United AC in the US.[11]

In February 2008, McCann, and Liam Hennessy were invited to the Munich commemoration at Manchester United.[12]

McCann died in Dublin on 16 November 2017, at the age of 83.[13][14]

Sources

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  • The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
  • Shamrock Rovers programme 29 August 2008

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Murphy, W.P. (11 April 1954). "Lackadaisical Bohs Lose To Rovers". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2017 – via Irish Newspaper Archive.(subscription required)
  2. ^ "Junior Player Goes to Rovers". Irish Press. 6 April 1954 – via Irish Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Dublin Side's Resounding Win Over Waterford". Irish Examiner. 14 April 1954. Retrieved 9 May 2017 – via Irish Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ [1](subscription required)
  5. ^ "European Results 1957 - date". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 January 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Ireland's International Players". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. ^ Piondar, Sean (26 November 1956). "Ireland battle to 3-0". Irish Press – via Irish Newspaper Archive.(subscription required)
  8. ^ "Irish Team's 3-2 Win Over Iceland". Irish Independent. 13 August 1958. Retrieved 9 May 2017 – via Irish Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Mathers, Vincent (1 May 1962). "Sunderland Put Up Good Show". Irish Press – via Irish Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ [2](subscription required)
  11. ^ "Reading United's Alan McCann named PDL Coach of the Year". Philadelphia Union. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Rovers invited to Munich commemoration". RTÉ.ie. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  13. ^ "James McCann". EU Football. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  14. ^ "RIP Maxie". RTE News. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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