| Dan Kirkwood | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Kirkwood |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Dalserf, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Stonehouse, Scotland |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Youthyears1: | – |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Ashgill YMCA |
| Years2: | 1923–1924 |
| Clubs2: | Airdrieonians |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1924–1926 |
| Clubs3: | Rangers |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1925–1926 |
| Clubs4: | → St Johnstone (loan) |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 1926–1928 |
| Caps5: | 18 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1928–1933 |
| Caps6: | 168 |
| Goals6: | 74 |
| Years7: | 1933 |
| Clubs7: | Luton Town |
| Caps7: | 2 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs8: | Swindon Town |
| Caps8: | 7 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
Daniel Kirkwood (24 December 1900 – 20 October 1977)[1] was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Rangers[2] and scored 76 goals from 205 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Swindon Town. He played as an inside right.[3]
Kirkwood was born in Dalserf, South Lanarkshire. He turned professional with Airdrieonians in 1923, and in August of the following year moved to Rangers.[1] [4] [5] Unable to dislodge Scotland international Andy Cunningham from the starting eleven, Kirkwood spent a season on loan at St Johnstone,[1] and played only once for Rangers in the Scottish League,[2] in a 2–1 defeat of Partick Thistle on 28 August 1926.[6]
In November of that year, he joined Sheffield Wednesday, where he made 18 appearances in as many months before moving on to Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 1927–28 season for a £500 fee. Described as slow but constructive, Kirkwood scored 74 goals from 168 League appearances for the club[1] and was their top scorer in the 1928–29 season with 21 goals in all competitions.[7] His career was affected by injury, and he was allowed to leave on a free transfer in October 1933, spending a few weeks with Luton Town before finishing the season and his professional career with Swindon Town. Kirkwood returned to Scotland where he worked as a miner. He died in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire in 1977 at the age of 76.[1]
His elder brother Andrew Kirkwood was also a footballer who was contracted to Rangers[8] and was loaned to St Johnstone at the same time as Dan where the siblings played together;[9] Andrew also featured for Hamilton Academical.[10]