[1] McIvor, a key position player, came to Essendon from local side Don Rovers.

[2] He played two games late in the 1940 VFL season, then did not reappear in league football until 1944 due to the war.

[3] McIvor's six other appearances for Essendon all came in 1946, a year he would finish in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), after moving to Camberwell mid-season, without a clearance.

[6][7] McIvor played in Camberwell's seven-point loss to Sandringham in the 1946 VFA Grand Final.

Brunswick trailed by a point when the bell rung, but the umpire did not hear it ring and 15 seconds later McIvor kicked a goal, which gave his side a five-point win.