Alastair McNeill
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | c.1938 Scotland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Heavyweight |
| Club | Carnegie AWC, Dunfermline |
Alastair McNeill also spelt Alistair (born c.1938) is a former Scottish wrestler who competed at two Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
McNeill was a brewery worker in Dunfermline[2] and was a member of the Carnegie Amateur Wrestling Club.[3]
He was selected for the 1962 Scottish team[4] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, in the middleweight class,[5] and finished in equal fourth place behind the gold medal winner Faiz Muhammad of Pakistan.[6]
McNeill represented the Scottish Commonwealth Games team a second time, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[7] where he competed in the light heavyweight 90kg.[8]
McNeill was a Scottish champion and British title runner-up.[9]
References
- ^ "East Wrestlers for Empire Games". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 July 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Spectacular win by 14-year-old boy". The Scotsman. 23 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "McNeill's wrestling win over holder". The Scotsman. 4 April 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Scotland's 35 strong team for Perth". The Scotsman. 12 September 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wrestling". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ "Spectacular win by 14-year-old". The Scotsman. 23 July 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 17 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Thurso Wrestlers to the fore at Scottish Championships". Caithness Courier. 5 April 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 23 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.