Jimmy McGee
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born(1923-06-03)3 June 1923
Boyle, Ireland
Died4 November 1998(1998-11-04) (aged 75)
Dublin, Ireland
Sport
SportBasketball

James Richard McGee (3 June 1923 – 4 November 1998) was an Irish basketball player and musician.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

McGee was born in Boyle, Roscommon. He joined the Irish Army in 1938 at the age of 15.[1] Three years later, he enlisted in the School of Music in Dublin where he was a member of the Army No. 1 Band at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines.[1] During this period, he was a member of the Eastern Command basketball team and was selected in 1948 to be a member of the Irish Olympic basketball team that was sent to London.[1]

After leaving the team, he moved in 1951 to Athlone to direct the Western Command Band, where he would go on to serve 30 years with.[1] McGee also served on a United Nations peacekeeping deployment for six months in Cyprus during this time.[1] He was appointed to the post of director of the Defence Force School of Music in 1987, retiring a year later at the rank of colonel and as one of the longest serving servicemen in the Defence Forces, having served for 50 years.[3][1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jimmy McGee". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy McGee Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Defence Forces School of Music". www.military.ie.
  4. ↑ McGee, Owen (14 September 2015). Arthur Griffith. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9781785370113 – via Google Books.
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