Davie Whiteford | |
Fullname: | David Whiteford |
Birth Date: | 1944 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Shotts, Scotland |
Height: | 5ft 8in[1] |
Years1: | 1965–1973 |
Clubs1: | Motherwell |
Caps1: | 197 |
Goals1: | 13 |
Years2: | 1973–1976 |
Caps2: | 63 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1976–1979 |
Clubs3: | East Stirlingshire |
Caps3: | 83 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Clubs4: | Rutherglen Glencairn |
Totalcaps: | 343 |
Totalgoals: | 15 |
Manageryears1: | 1985–1987 |
David Whiteford (born 9 August 1944) is a Scottish former footballer who played mainly as a right back. The greater part of his senior career (which did not begin until his early 20s once he had completed his education in order to become a schoolteacher)[1] was spent with Motherwell where he played for eight years and made over 200 appearances, experiencing a relegation from the top division in 1967–68 followed by promotion as winners of Division Two the following season, as well as taking part in a Scottish League Cup semi-final later in 1969[2] and eliminating Tottenham Hotspur from the Texaco Cup in 1970.[3]
He moved to Falkirk in 1973, spending three seasons with the Bairns,[4] [5] then a further three with local rivals East Stirlingshire.[6] Now well into his 30s, he had a spell at junior level with Rutherglen Glencairn before retiring.[1] In 1985 he returned to East Stirlingshire as manager, but the part-time club failed to improve on their status as one of the weaker teams in the bottom division and he was dismissed in 1987.[7] [8]
His father Jock,[9] [10] younger brother Jocky (a teammate at Falkirk and Glencairn, and coaching colleague at East Stirlingshire) and cousin Derek Whiteford were also footballers.[1] [11]
Motherwell
FalkirkScottish Football League Division Two Champions 1974-75