Duncan Ogilvie Explained

Duncan Ogilvie
Fullname:Duncan Henderson Ogilvie
Birth Date:8 October 1911
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Blackpool, England
Position:Outside right
Height:5ft 8in
Youthclubs1:Alva Albion Rangers
Years1:1932–1936[1]
Years2:1936
Years3:1936–1941
Years4:1941–1946
Years5:1946–1948
Years6:1948–1949
Clubs1:Motherwell
Clubs2:Huddersfield Town
Clubs3:Motherwell
Clubs4:Falkirk
Clubs5:Hamilton Academical
Clubs6:Dundee United
Caps1:104
Goals1:34
Caps2:28
Goals2:4
Caps3:89
Goals3:38
Caps4:4
Goals4:0
Caps5:15
Goals5:4
Caps6:18
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:1933
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Duncan Henderson Ogilvie (8 October 1911 – 6 May 1967) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.

Born in the Shettleston district of Glasgow and raised mostly in Clackmannanshire,[2] Ogilvie began his senior career with Motherwell, newly crowned champions of the Scottish Football League, in 1932. He initially had to wait until the departure of the older Johnny Murdoch to claim a regular place in the side, but quickly made an impact at Fir Park and also soon gained a Scotland cap against Austria in November 1933.[3] In March 1936, Ogilvie moved south to join Huddersfield Town[4] but before the end of the same year returned to Motherwell (where a John Ogilvie was also on the club's books) in a swap deal for Willie MacFadyen.[5] Ogilvie appeared in the 1939 Scottish Cup Final, but the Steelmen lost 4–0 to Clyde.

Like many players, his career was interrupted by the Second World War and he concentrated on his engineering work during this time.[2] Indeed, in 1941, he moved to Falkirk to be closer to his home and remained there until December 1946 (making over 130 appearances, though all but four in unofficial wartime competitions),[6] before spending eighteen months with Hamilton Academical. A final playing season with Dundee United, which saw him playing in defence, followed before his retirement in 1950.[7] During the 1950s, Ogilvie returned to former club Falkirk as a director.

Ogilvie died in May 1967, aged 55.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duncan Ogilvie. weltfussball.de. German. 14 April 2009.
  2. Book: Mitchell, Andy . The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 . Amazon . 2021 . 9798513846642.
  3. http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/duncanhendersonogilvie.html (Scotland player) Duncan Ogilvie
  4. Book: Ward, John. 99 Years and Counting.
  5. Web site: Through The years 1930 – 1939 . Motherwell FC. 11 February 2022.
  6. https://bettermeddle.org.uk/archive/profile.php?name=3|1943|Ogilvie Duncan Ogilvie
  7. https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=559 Duncan Ogilvie Player Profile