Jimmy Mackay

{{short description|Australian soccer player}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jimmy Mackay

| fullname = James Birrell Mackay

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1943|12|19}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1998|12|11|1943|12|19}}

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| years2 = 1964–1965

| years3 = 1965–1972

| years4 = 1973–1974

| years5 = 1975–1976

| years6 = 1977

| years7 = 1979

| years8 = 1981

| clubs1 = Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

| clubs2 = Airdrie

| clubs3 = Melbourne Croatia

| clubs4 = Hakoah Eastern Suburbs

| clubs5 = South Melbourne Hellas

| clubs6 = South Melbourne

| clubs7 = Shepparton United

| clubs8 = Morwell Falcons

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 5

| caps3 =

| caps4 = 22

| caps5 =

| caps6 = 1

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 =

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 =

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1975

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 52

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| club-update = 10 July 2007

| ntupdate = 10 July 2007

}}

James Birrell Mackay (19 December 1943 – 11 December 1998{{cite web |url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1974/groupa_ger_v_aus.html |title=1974 - Group A - West Germany v Australia match report |access-date=2009-01-28 |date=1974-06-18}}) was a Scottish-born Australian soccer player.

He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany.

In late 1973, he scored the decisive goal against South Korea which sent Australia to its first ever World Cup.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/aussie-update/australias-10-best-moments/2006/06/14/1149964581863.html |title=Australia's 10 best moments |access-date=2009-01-28 |date=2006-06-14 | work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Socceroos defender Doug Utjesenovic described the goal emphatically, "that was one of the freakiest goals. You could try a million times to score the exact goal (and never do it). There was a free kick, the ball was knocked back and he ran onto the ball. It was a real thunderbolt."{{cite web |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/articles/mackay.html |title=Vale Jimmy Mackay |access-date=2009-05-28 |date=1998-12-18}}

Mackay died of a heart attack in 1998.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/World-Cup-lessons-from-the-class-of-74/2006/05/16/1147545306921.html |title=World Cup lessons from the class of '74 |access-date=2009-01-28 |date=2006-05-16 | location=Melbourne | work=The Age}}