John McNamee

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1941–2024)}}

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| name = John McNamee

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1941|6|11}}

| birth_place = Coatbridge, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|11|28|1941|6|11}}

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

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| clubs1 = Bellshill Athletic

| years2 = 1960–1963

| clubs2 = Celtic

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1963–1966

| clubs3 = Hibernian

| caps3 = 77

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1966–1971

| clubs4 = Newcastle United

| caps4 = 117

| goals4 = 8|

| years5 = 1971–1973

| clubs5 = Blackburn Rovers

| caps5 = 56

| goals5 = 9

| years6 = 1973–1974

| clubs6 = Hartlepool United

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1974

| clubs7 = Lancaster City

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 1975

| clubs8 = Workington

| caps8 = 2

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 293

| totalgoals = 25

| manageryears1 = 1975

| managerclubs1 = Workington

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John McNamee (11 June 1941 – November 2024) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in more than 280 league games as a defender for Celtic, Hibernian, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Hartlepool United, and Workington.

McNamee began his senior career with Celtic and played in the 1963 Scottish Cup Final defeat by Rangers. He was then signed by Jock Stein to play for Hibernian in April 1964, but Stein himself moved in the opposite direction early in the next year. McNamee signed for Newcastle United in December 1966, and was part of the team that won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969.Hardie, David. [http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Emotional-ER-return-for-old.4698127.jp Emotional ER return for old boy McNamee], Edinburgh Evening News, 15 November 2008.

After leaving Newcastle in 1971, McNamee played for Blackburn Rovers, Hartlepool United, Lancaster City and Workington (serving as player-manager of the latter) before retiring in 1976.{{Cite magazine |date=Spring 2025 |title=John McNamee |magazine=Backpass |issue=92 |pages=59}}

McNamee died in November 2024, at the age of 83.{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=John |title=Newcastle United hero John McNamee dies aged 83 as tributes paid to 'a giant of a man' |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-hero-john-mcnamee-30471434 |access-date=28 November 2024 |publisher=Chronicle Live |date=28 November 2024}}{{cite news |title=John McNamee obituary: Scottish enforcer for Newcastle United |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/john-mcnamee-obituary-scottish-enforcer-for-newcastle-united-b9r3qst3b |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=The Times |date=7 December 2024}}