Donald McKinlay


Donald McKinlay was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back. He played for Liverpool winning the Football League title twice in the early 1920s.

Early career

Born in the hamlet of Boghall and raised in the mining village of Newton in Lanarkshire, McKinlay played local football with Newton Swifts, Rutherglen Woodburn and Newton Villa.

Liverpool

He joined Liverpool in January 1910. The goalkeeper Kenny Campbell credited McKinlay's assistance during his early days at Anfield. He captained the club from January 1922 to 1928, and made 434 appearances for the club, including 393 in the league. Liverpool were league champions two years in succession in 1921/22 and 1922/23 in the first two seasons of his captaincy.
He also made two appearances for the Scottish national team in 1922.

Later years

He finished his career with nearby Prescot Cables, and later became a publican in Liverpool.