Dave Mackay
Mackay in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Craig Mackay | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2 March 2015 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Left half, later sweeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1959 | Heart of Midlothian | 135 | (25) |
| 1959–1968 | Tottenham Hotspur | 268 | (42) |
| 1968–1971 | Derby County | 122 | (5) |
| 1971–1972 | Swindon Town | 26 | (1) |
| Total | 601 | (82) | |
| National team | |||
| 1957–1965 | Scotland | 22 | (4) |
| 1957–1958 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1972 | Swindon Town | ||
| 1972–1973 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 1973–1976 | Derby County | ||
| 1977–1978 | Walsall | ||
| 1978 | Al-Arabi Kuwait | ||
| 1983 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 1987 | Al-Arabi Kuwait | ||
| 1987–1989 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| 1989–1991 | Birmingham City | ||
| 1991–1993 | Zamalek | ||
| 1994–1995 | Qatar | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Craig Mackay (14 November 1934 – 2 March 2015) was a Scottish football player and manager. Mackay was best known for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, and winning the league with Derby County as a manager. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. Mackay tied with Tony Book of Manchester City for the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award in 1969 and was later listed by the Football League in their "100 Legends", as well as being an inaugural inductee to both the English and Scottish Football Halls of Fame. He was described, by Tottenham Hotspur, as one of their greatest players.
Mackay was born in Edinburgh. His father was a printer who worked for The Scotsman newspaper. As a young footballer, he was a Scottish Schoolboy internationalist.
Davie McLean's sudden death on 14 February 1951 saw Tommy Walker promoted to the position of manager. Walker's reign was to prove the most successful period in the club's history. The side he inherited included the Terrible Trio forwards of Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn, Sr., the full back pair of Bobby Parker and Tam McKenzie, and John Cumming and Freddie Glidden at wing half.
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