Jimmy McKinnell Sr. is best known for his lengthy service to Dumfries association football club, Queen of the South.
McKinnell was a member of the original board when Queen of the South F.C.
In his only full season competing as manager in the Scottish League he took them to a sixth-place finish in the top tier — bettered by the club only in 1934 and equaled only in 1956.
Early in his second season, football competition was dissolved at a national level due to the outbreak of World War II.
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