{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Austin McGill |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|1|29|df=y}}<ref name=NB/> |birth_place = Dumfries, Scotland |death_date = |death_place = |height = |position = Centre forward |years1 = |clubs1 = Nithsdale Wanderers |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1958–1959 |clubs2 = Queen of the South |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 3 |years3 = 1959–1960 |clubs3 = Carlisle United |caps3 = 29 |goals3 = 12 |years4 = 1960–1961 |clubs4 = Kettering Town |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 1961–19?? |clubs5 = Queen of the South |caps5 = |goals5 = }} '''Austin McGill''' (born 29 January 1935) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South and in the English Football League for Carlisle United. He played as a centre forward.<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player5/austinmcgill.html |title=Austin McGill |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref>
McGill was born in Dumfries.<ref name=NB/> He played football for Nithsdale Wanderers before joining First Division club Queen of the South in July 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans58.doc |format=DOC |title=Transfers: 1958 |work=Scottish Football Historical Archive |publisher=Brian McColl |accessdate=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425185610/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans58.doc |archivedate=25 April 2015 }}</ref> Queens were relegated at the end of the season,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/QUEENOTS.HTM |title=Queen of the South |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> and in August 1959, McGill moved south of the border to sign for English Fourth Division club Carlisle United.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans59.doc |format=DOC |title=Transfers: 1959 |work=Scottish Football Historical Archive |publisher=Brian McColl |accessdate=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132443/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans59.doc |archivedate=14 July 2014 }}</ref> He spent only one season with Carlisle,<ref name=NB/> but scored twice on his debut, on the opening day of the season in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/miller-shoots-himself-into-carlisle-utd-history-1.872864 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140222130118/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/miller-shoots-himself-into-carlisle-utd-history-1.872864 |url-status=dead |archivedate=22 February 2014 |title=Miller shoots himself into Carlisle Utd's history |newspaper=News and Star |place=Carlisle |date=29 August 2011 |accessdate=21 February 2014 }}<br>{{cite news |title=Yesterday's results |newspaper=The Observer |place=London |date=23 August 1959}}</ref> and finished the season as the club's leading league scorer with 12 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/a.woodcock/archive/1950-59.htm |title=Season-by-Season 1950–59 |work=Carlisle United Online Archive |accessdate=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214054511/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/a.woodcock/archive/1950-59.htm |archivedate=14 February 2005 }}</ref> After leaving Carlisle, McGill moved to Kettering Town, for whom he scored 26 goals from 40 appearances and helped the club gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poppiesfans.com/archives/players/?recordID=M46 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064150/http://www.poppiesfans.com/archives/players/?recordID=M46 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 February 2018 |title=Player database: Austin McGill |work=poppiesfans.com |accessdate=22 February 2014}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/KETTERIT.HTM |title=Kettering Town |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> In September 1961 he returned to Queen of the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans61.doc |format=DOC |title=Transfers: 1961 |work=Scottish Football Historical Archive |publisher=Brian McColl |accessdate=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106174714/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans61.doc |archivedate=6 November 2014 }}</ref>
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