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Dave Mackay 
Personal information Full name David Craig Mackay Date of birth 14 November 1934 Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Left half, later sweeper Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1953–1959 Heart of Midlothian 135 (25) 1959–1968 Tottenham Hotspur 318 (51) 1968–1971 Derby County 122 (5) 1971–1972 Swindon Town 26 (1) National team 1957–1965 Scotland 22 (4) Teams managed 1971–1972 Swindon Town 1972–1973 Nottingham Forest 1973–1976 Derby County 1977–1978 Walsall 1978 Al-Arabi Kuwait 1983 Al-Shabab 1987 Al-Arabi Kuwait 1987–1989 Doncaster Rovers 1989–1991 Birmingham City 1991–1993 Zamalek 1994–1995 Qatar * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Craig Mackay (born 14 November 1934) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Mackay is best remembered for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, and winning the league with Derby County as a manager. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. Mackay tied with Tony Book of Manchester City for the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award in 1969 and was later listed by The Football League in their "100 Legends".
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Career
Mackay was born in Edinburgh, and began his playing career with the club he supported as a boy, Heart of Midlothian. He won all three Scottish domestic honours with the club. He captained the side in 1957–58 when the club broke the senior British league goalscoring record with 132 goals for, with only 29 conceded.
He was signed by Tottenham Hotspur for £32,000 in March 1959. During the 1960s his fierce determination and skill contributed to the team which won the Double in 1961, further FA Cup victories in 1962 and 1967, and the Cup Winners Cup in 1963. Brian Clough claimed in 2003 that Mackay was Tottenham Hotspur's greatest ever player.[citation needed]
In 1968 he was transferred to Derby County for £5,000, after Brian Clough and Peter Taylor persuaded him to sign. In his first season at the Baseball Ground, in which the club gained promotion to the First Division, he was chosen FWA Footballer of the Year, jointly with Manchester City's Tony Book. When he was a player at Derby County, Clough made Mackay play in a sweeping role and used his influence on the team to encourage them to turn defence into attack through a passing game.
In 1971 he was appointed player-manager of Swindon Town but left after just one season to take charge of Nottingham Forest. He remained at the City Ground until October 1973, when he returned to Derby as manager following Clough's resignation. In his first season Derby finished third in the table. In his second season in charge of Derby, he guided the team to the 1975 league title. The following season, he managed the club to a respectable fourth-place finish in the league, the semifinals of the FA Cup, and an unfortunate extra time second-round exit to Real Madrid in the 1976 European Cup. At one stage the side had been in the running for the Double. Mackay was sacked in November 1976 after a poor start to the season. A newspaper headline reading "Mackay sacked" was used as a visual prop in the British television situation comedy Porridge, which featured a prison officer named Mackay.
He then had an uneventful spell as Walsall manager from March 1977 to August 1978. This was followed by nine years coaching in Kuwait. He returned to the UK and was appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in 1987, a year after being linked with the Scotland manager's job (which ultimately went to Andy Roxburgh).[1]
Mackay's reign at Belle Vue lasted two seasons before he moved to Birmingham City, who had just been relegated to the third tier of the league for the first time in their history. His task was simple – to get Birmingham promoted to the Second Division. But he was unsuccessful in trying to achieve this and resigned in 1991. After that, he returned to the Middle East for two years managing Zamalek, a Cairo club team, and then a further three years in Qatar before retiring from football altogether in 1997.
Legacy
In 2004 The Real Mackay was published, an autobiography written with Martin Knight. Mackay had previously published Soccer My Spur in the early 1960s.
Mackay was made an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game as both a player and manager, and in 2006 became an inaugural inductee of the Heart of Midlothian Hall of Fame in recognition of his success as a player in the 1950s.
George Best (1946–2005), of Manchester United, one of Tottenham's fiercest rivals in the 1960s, described Mackay as "the hardest man I have ever played against – and certainly the bravest".[2]
Honours
Player
- Football League First Division: 1960–61
- FA Cup: 1961, 1962, 1967
- UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1963
- Football League Second Division: 1968–69
Manager
- Football League First Division: 1974–75
- Al-Arabi Sporting Club
- Kuwaiti Premier League: 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88
- Kuwait Cup: 1980–81, 1982–83,
- Egyptian Premier League: 1991–92, 1992–93
References
- Dave Mackay and Martin Knight (2004). The real Mackay : the Dave Mackay story. ISBN 1-84018-840-5.
- Dave Mackay Hearts Career Record
- Dave Mackay Scotland Record
- Dave Mackay Scotland Football League Record
- Dave Mackay Profile
Awards and achievements Preceded by
John O'HareDerby County Player of the Year
1970–71Succeeded by
Colin ToddScotland squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 
Dave Mackay managerial positions Swindon Town F.C. – managers S. Allen (1902–1933) · Vizard (1933–1939) · Harris (1939–1940) · Page (1945–1953) · Lindley (1953–1955) · Head (1956–1965) · D. Williams (1965–1969) · Ford (1969–1971) · Mackay (1971–1972) · L. Allen (1972–1974) · D. Williams (1974–1978) · Smith (1978–1980) · Trollope (1980–1983) · Beamish (1983–1984) · Macari (1984–1989) · Ardiles (1989–1991) · Hoddle (player) (1991–1993) · Gorman (1993–1994) · McMahon (1994–1998) · Quinn (1998–2000) · Todd (2000) · King (2000–2001) · Evans (2001) · King (2001–2005) · Onuora (2005–2006) · Wise (2006) · A. Williams (caretaker) (2006) · Sturrock (2006–07) · Byrne (caretaker) (2007–2008) · Malpas (2008) · Byrne (caretaker) (2008) · Wilson (2008–11) · Hart (2011) · Bodin (caretaker) (2011) · Di Canio (2011–)
Nottingham Forest F.C. – managers Radford (1889–97) · Haslam (1897–1909) · Earp (1909–12) · Masters (1912–25) · Baynes (1925–29) · Hardy (1930–31) · Watson (1931–36) · Wightman (1936–39) · Walker (1939–60) · Beattie (1960–63) · Carey (1963–68) · Gillies (1969–72) · Mackay (1972–73) · Brown (1973–75) · Clough (1975–93) · Clark (1993–96) · Pearce (1996–97) · Bassett (1997–99) · Adams (1999) · Atkinson (1999) · Platt (1999–2001) · Hart (2001–04) · Kinnear (2004) · Harford (2004–05) · Megson (2005–06) · Barlow & McParland (2006) · Calderwood (2006–08) · Pemberton (2008–09) · Davies (2009–11) · McClaren (2011) · Cotterill (2011–)
Walsall F.C. – managers Smallwood (1888–91) · Burton (1891–93) · Robinson (1893–95) · Ailso (1895–96) · Parsloe (1896–97) · Ford (1897–98) · Hughes (1898–99) · Ford (1899–1901) · Shutt (1908–12) · Price (1912–15) · Burchell (1921–26) · Ashworth (1926–27) · Torrance (1927–28) · Kerr (1928–29) · Scholey (1929–30) · O'Rourke (1930–32) · Slade (1932–34) · Wilson (1934–37) · Lowes (1937–44) · Hibbs (1944–51) · McPhee (1951) · Fletcher (1952–53) · Buckley (1953–55) · Love (1955–57) · Moore (1957–64) · Wood (1964) · Shaw (1964–68) · Graham (1968) · Lewin (1968–69) · Moore (1969–72) · Smith (1972–73) · Allen (1973) · Fraser (1974–77) · Mackay (1977–78) · Ashman (1978) · Sibley (1979) · Buckley (1979–82) · Martin (1981–82) · Buckley (1982–86) · Coakley (1986–88) · Barnwell (1989–90) · Hibbitt (1990–94) · Nicholl (1994–97) · Sørensen (1997–98) · Graydon (1998–2002) · Lee (2002–04) · Merson (2004–06) · Halsall (2006) · Broadhurst (2006) · Kinsella (2006) · Money (2006–08) · Mullen (2008–09) · Schofield (2009) · Hutchings (2009–11) · Smith (2011–)
Derby County F.C. – managers Newbould (1896–1906) · Methven (1906–22) · Potter (1922–25) · Jobey (1925–41) · Nicholas (1942–44) · Magner (1944–46) · McMillan (1946–53) · Barker (1953–55) · Storer, Jr. (1955–62) · Ward (1962–67) · B. Clough (1967–73) · Mackay (1973–76) · Murphy (1976–77) · Docherty (1977–79) · Addison (1979–82) · Newman (1982) · Taylor (1982–84) · Cox (1984–93) · McFarland (1993–95) · Smith (1995–2001) · Todd (2001–02) · Gregory (2002–03) · Burley (2003–05) · Brown (2005–06) · Davies (2006–07) · Jewell (2007–08) · N. Clough (2009–)
Doncaster Rovers F.C. – managers Porter (1920–21) · Tufnell (1921–22) · Porter (1922–23) · Ray (1923–27) · Menzies (1928–36) · Emery (1936–40) · Marsden (1944–46) · Bestall (1946–49) · Doherty (1949–58) · Bycroft (1958) · Hodgson (1958) · Crayston (1958–59) · Bestall (1959–60) · Curtis (1960–61) · Malloy (1961–62) · Marshall (1962) · Hold (1962–64) · Leivers (1964–66) · Kettleborough (1966–67) · Raynor (1967–68) · McMenemy (1968–71) · Setters (1971–74) · Anderson (1975–78) · Bremner (1978–85) · Cusack (1985–87) · Mackay (1987–89) · Bremner (1989–91) · Beaglehole (1991–93) · I. Atkins (1993–94) · Chung (1994–96) · Dixon (1996–97) · Weaver (1997) · Cowling (1997) · Bergara (1997) · Weaver (1997–98) · Snodin (1998–00) · M. Atkins (2000) · Penney (player) (2000) · Wignall (2000–01) · Penney (player) (2001–02) · Penney (2002–06) · Walker (2006) · O'Driscoll (2006–11) · Saunders (2011–)
Birmingham City F.C. – managers Jones (1892–1908) · Watson (1908–10) · McRoberts (1910–15) · Richards (1915–23) · Beer (1923–27) · Harvey (1927–28) · Knighton (1928–33) · Liddell (1933–39) · Camkin (1939–44) · Goodier (1944–45) · Storer (1945–49) · Brocklebank (1949–54) · Turner (1954–58) · Turner and Beasley (1958) · Beasley (1958–60) · Merrick (1960–64) · Mallett (1964–65) · Cullis (1965–70) · Goodwin (1970–75) · Bell (1975–77) · Ramsey (1977–78) · Smith (1978–82) · Saunders (1982–86) · Bond (1986–87) · Pendrey (1987–89) · Mackay (1989–91) · Macari (1991) · Cooper (1991–93) · Fry (1993–96) · Francis (1996–2001) · Bruce (2001–07) · McLeish (2007–11) · Hughton (2011–)
Zamalek SC – managers Vasović (1982–83) · M. Abouregaila (1983–85) · Ninković (1985–86) · Parker (1986–87) · E. Baheeg (1987–88) · Zaki Othman (1988–89) · Carlos (1989–90) · M. Abouregaila (1990–91) · Mackay (1991–93) · El-Gohary (1993–94) · Riedl (1994–95) · Olk (1995–97) · Krol (1997–99) · M. Abouregaila (1999–2000) · Pfister (2000–02) · Cabralzinho (2002–03) · Vingada (2003–04) · Stepanović (2004–05) · Cabralzinho (2004–05) · Bücker (2005–06) · Gaafar (2005–06) · Michel (2006–07) · Krol (2007–08) · Hollmann (2008–09) · Rifaat (2008) · Decastel (2009) · Michel (2009) · Hassan (2009–11) · Shehata (2011–)
Qatar national football team – managers Kheiri (1969–72) · Mahmoud (1974) · Wignall (1975–76) · Othman (1979) · de Macedo (1980–86) · Cardoso (1987–88) · Prokopenko (1988) · Cabralzinho (1989) · Dino Sani (1989–90) · de Macedo (1992) · Wortmann (1992) · Lapola (1992–93) · Mallalah (1993) · Mackay (1994–95) · Larsen (1995–96) · Bonfrere (1996–97) · Hadžiabdić (1997) · Zé Mario (1998) · Milioli (1998) · Hadžiabdić (2000–01) · Campos (2001) · Lechantre (2002–03) · Troussier (2003–04) · Mušović (2004–07) · Fossati (2007–08) · Metsu (2008–11) · Rajevac (2011) · Lazaroni (2011–)
Derby County F.C. – Player of the Year 1969: McFarland • 1970: O'Hare • 1971: Mackay • 1972: Todd • 1973: Hector • 1974: Webster • 1975: Daniel • 1976: George • 1977: James • 1978: Langan • 1979: S. Powell • 1980: Buckley • 1981: Jones • 1982: Buckley • 1983: Cherry • 1984: Gemmill • 1985: Davison • 1986: MacLaren • 1987: Williams • 1988: Forsyth • 1989: Wright • 1990: Wright • 1991: Saunders • 1992: McMinn • 1993: Gabbiadini • 1994: Taylor • 1995: Short • 1996: Yates • 1997: C. Powell • 1998: Baiano • 1999: Laursen • 2000: Poom • 2001: Riggott • 2002: Higginbotham • 2003: Kinkladze • 2004: Mawéné • 2005: Idiakez • 2006: Smith • 2007: Howard • 2008: The Fans • 2009: Hulse • 2010: Barker • 2011: Brayford
FWA Footballer of the Year 1948: Matthews | 1949: Carey | 1950: Mercer | 1951: Johnston | 1952: Wright | 1953: Lofthouse | 1954: Finney | 1955: Revie | 1956: Trautmann | 1957: Finney | 1958: Blanchflower | 1959: Owen | 1960: Slater | 1961: Blanchflower | 1962: Adamson | 1963: Matthews | 1964: Moore | 1965: Collins | 1966: B. Charlton | 1967: J. Charlton | 1968: Best | 1969: Book/Dave Mackay | 1970: Bremner | 1971: McLintock | 1972: Banks | 1973: Jennings | 1974: Callaghan | 1975: Mullery | 1976: Keegan | 1977: Hughes | 1978: Burns | 1979: Dalglish | 1980: McDermott | 1981: Thijssen | 1982: Perryman | 1983: Dalglish | 1984: Rush | 1985: Southall | 1986: Lineker | 1987: Allen | 1988: Barnes | 1989: Nicol | 1990: Barnes | 1991: Strachan | 1992: Lineker | 1993: Waddle | 1994: Shearer | 1995: Klinsmann | 1996: Cantona | 1997: Zola | 1998: Bergkamp | 1999: Ginola | 2000: Keane | 2001: Sheringham | 2002: Pirès | 2003: Henry | 2004: Henry | 2005: Lampard | 2006: Henry | 2007: C. Ronaldo | 2008: C. Ronaldo | 2009: Gerrard | 2010: Rooney | 2011: ParkerCategories:- 1934 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Association football sweepers
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. captains
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Scottish football managers
- Swindon Town F.C. managers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. managers
- Derby County F.C. managers
- Walsall F.C. managers
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. managers
- Birmingham City F.C. managers
- Zamalek club managers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- English Football Hall of Fame inductees
- The Football League players
- The Football League managers
- British expatriates in Egypt
- Football managers in Kuwait
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees
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