Dick Donnelly | |
Fullname: | Charles Richard Donnelly |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1941[1] |
Birth Place: | Lochee, Dundee, Scotland |
Death Date: | 21 July 2016 (aged 74) |
Death Place: | Balmullo, Fife, Scotland |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Youthclubs1: | Carnoustie Panmure |
Years1: | 1960–1964 |
Clubs1: | East Fife |
Caps1: | 79 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Clubs2: | Brechin City |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Arbroath |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 79 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Charles Richard Donnelly (11 September 1941 – 21 July 2016) was a Scottish footballer, broadcaster, and journalist.
Donnelly was born in Lochee, Dundee and attended Harris Academy in the city.[2]
He was married with one son, one daughter, and three grandchildren.[2]
After working as an apprentice at DC Thomson, Donnelly began his footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for Carnoustie Panmure, East Fife, Brechin City and Arbroath.[2] He made 79 appearances for East Fife in the Scottish Football League,[3] and 107 appearances in all competitions.[2]
Donnelly began writing Sunday match reports for The Courier in the late 1960s, before becoming a full-time journalist with The People's Journal and the Scottish Sunday Express.[2]
He also broadcast on the radio with Radio Tay and Radio Clyde.[2]