| David Provan | |
| Fullname: | David Provan |
| Birth Date: | 1941 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1958–1970 |
| Years2: | 1970–1971 |
| Years3: | 1971–1974 |
| Years4: | 1974–1975 |
| Clubs4: | St Mirren |
| Caps1: | 171 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Caps3: | 129 |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 314 |
| Totalgoals: | 19 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1963–1965 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1964[1] |
| Nationalteam2: | Scotland U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 1964[2] |
| Nationalteam3: | SFL trial v SFA |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 1967[3] |
| Nationalteam4: | Scottish League XI |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1987–1991 |
| Managerclubs1: | Albion Rovers |
David Provan (11 March 1941 – 26 November 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Rangers, Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle and St Mirren. Provan also played for Scotland and the Scottish League XI.
Provan was a product of the Rangers youth team and played as a full back. He made his debut on 27 December 1958, in a league match away to Third Lanark which Rangers won 3–2. He helped the club win a domestic treble in 1963–64 and played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which Rangers lost 1–0 to Bayern Munich.[4] Provan is one of the players elected to Rangers' Hall of Fame.[5]
He left the club in June 1970[6] and joined English club Crystal Palace, although he was not there for long, making only two senior appearances in total,[6] before moving on in March 1971, to Plymouth Argyle.[6] He stayed at Plymouth for five seasons and made over 100 appearances.[7]
Provan subsequently played for St Mirren where he finished his senior career in 1975,[7] and began his coaching career under then-manager Alex Ferguson.[8] He later went on to manage Albion Rovers from 1987 to 1991, leading the club to the Scottish Football League Second Division title in 1988–9.[8]
Rangers FC announced on 26 November 2016 that Provan had died, following a long illness.[4] [9]