Duncan McVey

Duncan Joseph McVey was a New Zealand footballer and General Practitioner who represented New Zealand at international level.

Biography

Duncan Joseph McVey was born on 2 March 1938 in Baillieston, a working-class neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, to Anthony Peter McVey, a boilermaker, and Mary Jane Johnstone. He had an older brother, two younger brothers, and a younger sister.
The family lived at 74 South Scott Street until, when Duncan was 13, they emigrated to New Zealand aboard the Tamaroa, leaving Southampton on 16 November 1951.
McVey made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–1 win over New Caledonia on 2 June 1962, McVey and Trefor Pugh scoring twice each for New Zealand.
In later life, McVey went on to become a GP and died on 8 February 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 71.