Thomas McKinney (31 December 1926 – 10 November 1999) was an Irish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Jed-Forest RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Other Nationalities, British Empire XIII, Rugby League XIII and Combined Nationalities, and at club level for Salford (two spells), Warrington (Heritage No. 560) and St. Helens (Heritage No. 737), as a prop, hooker, i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, during the era of contested scrums.