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Davie Meiklejohn Personal information Full name David Ditchburn Meiklejohn Date of birth 12 December 1900 Place of birth Govan, Scotland Date of death 22 August 1959 (aged 58) Place of death Airdrie, Scotland Playing position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1919–1936 Rangers 490 (42) National team 1922–1933 Scotland 15 (3) Teams managed 1947–1959 Partick Thistle * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David "Davie" Ditchburn Meiklejohn (12 December 1900 – 22 August 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer most famous for his time with Scottish club Rangers.
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Club career
Born in Govan, Glasgow, Meiklejohn joined Rangers from junior club Maryhill F.C. in 1919 and spent the rest of his playing days with the Ibrox club.
He played 563 games, scoring 46 goals and winning 12 League Championships and 5 Scottish Cups. On 5 September 1931, he captained the Rangers side in the Old Firm game which saw the Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson accidentally killed contesting for a ball with Rangers' Sam English. Meiklejohn is credited with having realised the seriousness of the situation and gestured to calm the home support whilst the injured Thomson was being attended to.
International career
He was capped 15 times by Scotland during an 11 year international career. He also scored 3 times and captained the side six times. He made his debut against Wales.
After retirement
Meiklejohn retired from football in 1936 and took a job with the Daily Record newspaper.
Management
In 1947 he became manager of Partick Thistle.
Death
He collapsed and died at the age of just 58 in the director's box at Airdrieonians' Broomfield Park stadium.
Honours
On 15 November 2009 he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ Eight more Scots greats enter Hall of Fame The Scotsman, 16 November 2009
External links
Partick Thistle F.C. – managers Easton (1903–29) · Turner (1929–47) · Meiklejohn (1947–59) · Thornton (1959–68) · Symon (1968–70) · McParland (1970–74) · Auld (1974–80) · Cormack (1980–83) · Rooney (1983–86) · Auld (1986) · Johnstone (1986–87) · Lamont (1987–88) · Lambie (1988–89) · Clark (1989–90) · Lambie (1990–95) · MacLeod (1995–97) · McVeigh (1997–98) · Bryce (1998–99) · Lambie (1999–03) · Collins (2003) · Britton & Whyte (2003–05) · Campbell (2005–07) · Bone (caretaker) (2007) · McCall (2007–11) · McNamara (caretaker) (2011–)
Categories:- 1900 births
- 1959 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Rangers F.C. players
- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish football managers
- Partick Thistle F.C. managers
- Rangers F.C. captains
- People from Govan
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Scottish football defender stubs
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