He's still revered in the town by those who were fortunate enough to see him play, and even by those too young to have seen him who have learned all about arguably the greatest player ever to wear our Claret and Blue.
Tomorrow will be Jimmy Mac Day here at Clarets Mad with the site dedicated to him for the day and we will be publishing your messages of congratulations and support for Jimmy, which you can send in at any time during Monday.
Please EMAIL those messages which will appear on the site from tomorrow morning along with our best wishes to the great Jimmy McIlroy.