Very sad indeed. He became our 'goalie' was I was 6 and just beginning to understand the game and I thought he was great! RIP Ian McKechnie!
Thank you Over18! I contacted the McKechnie family a couple of months ago explaining that I aim to publish a series of pen and ink drawings celebrating daft and quirky aspects of Hull history. I went on to say that I was working on a drawing of Ian in front of the south stand at Boothferry Park being showered in oranges whilst a disgruntled referee looked on. Mrs McKechnie was pleased to hear from me and explained that, despite all the popular malarky at matches, they had never got hold of a photo. I've tried the HDM and an individual with a large collection of HCAFC pics, but to no avail. I need to get my drawing finished ASAP now and hope to get some photos too so that the family have a reminder of the 'orange chucking'. I'm sure they are very proud of Ian's part in this delightfully daft and charming episode in the history of our wonderful City. I've also asked Radio Humberside Talk Sport to do a shout-out in this respect. If anyone else out there has photos please PM me so we can help the family through this sad loss. UTT!
RIP. That is one sarcastic looking Tiger. Greegsy or Jako wearing that shirt after another howler and they'd be in bits if they looked down.
Hi b.b. Not at home at the moment, will go through it over the weekend and any I've got that are half decent the family can have with pleasure (but please remember these cutting are 50yrs old in some case's).
The sales of oranges will drop for sure now. R.I.P. Big Man and thanks for the memories. You will always stay in the football record books. Loved his goal against TWS in the Chillo testimonial game when Hull City won 7 - 6. McK. played as a winger for part of the game when he scored that goal with a stunning left peg shot.
That's really great! I'd like you to be able to keep your cuttings, but maybe we can scan or photograph any decent images? I'll PM you at the weekend. Many thanks!
His name should be the answer to a quiz question. The first keeper to save & then miss a penalty in a shoot out. Can never take that away from us. RIP Ian.
he was in goal when i first started going to see city 69-70, a true legend in my eyes, and one that the club should do well to recognise, RIP and sympathies to his family
Nice video that, in fact they had Frank Banks on RH this evening and he mentioned that video, and the throw out incident.
Three memories I have of him was when we beat Brentford 2-1 in the F.A.Cup 5th round in 1971. When the winning goal went in he did a somersault which was impressive for a big man. I think it was the 4-4 draw against Sheffield Wednesday. He got booked for kicking the ball out of the stadium, over the railway lines and into Kempton Road car park. As a 10 year old boy meeting him down North Road on his way to training. He walked up to me and my friend, paper under his arm, big smile on his face and said "morning lads are you after my autograph" which he duly obliged to sign for us.. We met Jimmy McGill the same day. Another City legend to pass away recently. R.I.P. both legends.
I was deeply saddened to find out about my fathers death though the Hull Daily Mail. I was born in the front room of 64 Westfield Road on the 2nd of November 1969. I loved my father dearly and I believed he loved me too, by all accounts we were inseparable, at least that's how I've remembered it. However in 1979 my mother and father separated and for reasons I could never except, she took myself and sister to live with her family in Northern Ireland and that was pretty much the end of my relationship with my Dad. I saw him during his brief spell at Sligo but as with a lot of things, it didn't work out and he went back to England and set up home with the new Mrs McKechnie, her son and later with their son Elliot, with whom my sympathies now lay. I'm truly sorry for your loss. I have my Dads scrapbook that contains all his newspaper cuttings and team photos, it's all I ever had of him, a handful of yellowing aged newspaper cuttings and the fading memories of my youth. Rest in peace Dad, I never stopped loving you or longing for what could have been.
RIP Ian, enjoyed your goalkeeping. Just saw the photo of you opening the post office in Brantingham (now unfortunately closed again). But the post box is still there.
I think he played left wing second half of that game. He scored when he stopped the ball on the goal line then knelt down and headed it in.
