Dave Shearer | |
Fullname: | David John Shearer |
Height: | [1] |
Birth Date: | 1958 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Inverness, Scotland |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 19??–1978 |
Years2: | 1978–1983 |
Caps2: | 97 |
Goals2: | 32 |
Years3: | 1980 |
Clubs3: | → Wigan Athletic (loan) |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Years4: | 1983–1984 |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1984–1987 |
Caps5: | 93 |
Goals5: | 42 |
Years6: | 1987–1988 |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 1988 |
Caps7: | 16 |
Goals7: | 7 |
Years8: | 1988–19?? |
Caps8: | 7 |
Goals8: | 0 |
David John Shearer (16 October 1958 – 3 July 2022)[2] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward.
Although he had trials with Greenock Morton as a teenager, Shearer continued to play locally in his home Fort William area in the Scottish North West Highlands, before signing as a part time professional with senior Inverness-based football club Clachnacuddin in the Highland Football League. His other professional clubs, all in the English Football League, included Middlesbrough, Scunthorpe United and Gillingham.[3]
He made over 230 Football League appearances. He was the older brother of fellow former professional and Highland Football League player Duncan Shearer.