James Gary McGuire is an English former association football goalkeeper who played in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

. He was born in Campsall, in the parish of Norton

Norton, Doncaster

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, Doncaster

Doncaster

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, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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.

McGuire started playing football as a 16-year-old with West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

, before going on to play for Walthamstow Avenue

Walthamstow Avenue F.C.

Walthamstow Avenue Football Club was an English football club based in Walthamstow in London. They played in dark and light blue hooped shirts, and light blue shorts.-History:...

, with whom he won the 1961 FA Amateur Cup

FA Amateur Cup

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. Described in the July 1961 edition of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly as "the most improved goalkeeper in the Isthmian League", McGuire played for the Isthmian League

Isthmian League

The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...

 representative side that visited Kampala

Kampala

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 as part of the Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

n Independence celebrations. He then spent three years in Australia, returning to England in February 1966 to join Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

 from Hakoah. He took his chance to replace Terry Adlington

Terry Adlington

Terry Adlington was an English professional football goalkeeper. He began his career in England, but ended it in the United States with the North American Soccer League.-Football career:...

 when he was out of the side with a broken finger, and helped the club to promotion

Promotion and relegation

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 from the Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

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. He played 32 first-team games for Torquay before leaving league football, playing in turn for non-league sides Bedford Town

Bedford Town F.C.

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 and Hastings United.

McGuire worked in the City of London

City of London

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 as an equities trader

Trader (finance)

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until he retired in 2003.