Clancy McDermott

{{Short description|Northern Ireland footballer (died 2007)}}

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| name = Clancy McDermott

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| birth_date = c. 1920

| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| death_date = December 2007 (aged 87)

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| position = Half back

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| years1 = 1939–1946

| years2 = 1946–1949

| years3 = 1949–1951

| years4 = 1951

| years5 = 1951–1961

| years6 = 1961–1964

| years7 = 1964–1965

| clubs1 = Glentoran

| clubs2 = Chelmsford City

| clubs3 = Glentoran

| clubs4 = Fulham

| clubs5 = Coleraine

| clubs6 = Bangor

| clubs7 = Carrick Rangers

| caps1 = 10

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| caps3 = 9

| caps4 = 0

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J. Clarence McDermott (c. 1920 – December 2007) was a footballer from Northern Ireland who played in the Irish League with Glentoran and Coleraine from 1939 to 1963. With the Glens, he won the Gold Cup in 1941–42, and with Coleraine he also won the Gold Cup (1958–59) as well as the City Cup in 1954–55. He was capped once by the Irish League in 1949. He was the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1958–59 season.M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications