Neil McKinlay

{{Short description|Canadian football player}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Neil McKinlay

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|25}}

| birth_place = Langley, British Columbia

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| team =

| number = 36

| status = Active

| import = no

| position1 = Linebacker

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 220

| CIS = Simon Fraser

| CFLDraftedYear = 2004

| CFLDraftedRound = 4

| CFLDraftedPick = 33

| CFLDraftedTeam = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2004}}–{{CFL Year|2009}}

| playing_team1 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2011}}

| playing_team2 = BC Lions

| career_highlights =

• Presidents' Trophy (2003)

| CFL = 4675

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Neil McKinlay (born April 25, 1981, in Langley, British Columbia) is a former a Canadian football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the 33rd pick in the fourth round of the 2004 CFL Draft. McKinlay announced his retirement after six seasons with the Bombers, but was signed by the Lions after they had several players injured.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=378883 |title=Lions sign veteran Canadians WR Thelwell and LB McKinlay |access-date=2017-12-07 |archive-date=2014-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903060123/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=378883 |url-status=dead }} He played CIS Football for Simon Fraser. As of 2012, he is a firefighter with the Winnipeg Fire Department.