fullname heightweight death_date years clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
c. -lrb- claude -rrb- roy mckay 185 cm / 84 kg 12 july 1998 1930-35 footscray utility/defender 1935 williamstown 25 march 1909 roy mckay -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 roy mckay
roy mckay -lrb- footballer -rrb-

roy mckay -lrb- 25 march 1909 - 12 july 1998 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for footscray in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the early 1930s .
mckay , who came to footscray from williamstown , was a durable utility who rarely missed a game .
he was used mostly as a defender and twice represented the vfl at interstate football .
after bringing up his 100th league game in 1935 , mckay joined brunswick as captain-coach , a position he remained in until retiring in 1940 .
he was the centre half back and captain-coach of brunswick 's 1938 premiership team , with a 33-point victory over brighton .
the previous season , and again in 1939 , mckay steered brunswick to grand finals but finished on the losing side on both occasions .
mckay went on to coach melbourne 's thirds in 1952 and coached the seconds -lrb- reserves -rrb- coach from 1956 to 1958 and again in 1962 and 1964 .
mckay coached the melbourne reserves team that won the 1956 flag in front of a record crowd of 115,802 fans .
the scores were : melbourne 16.14.110 defeated south melbourne 10.12.72 .
mckay has the melbourne football club 's past players ' golf day named in his honour - roy mckay trophy golf day .
he was named a life member of the melbourne football club in 1959 .
