Dave MacLaren

Dave MacLaren

Personal information
Full name	David MacLaren
Date of birth	12 June 1934 (1934-06-12) (age 77)
Place of birth	Auchterarder, Scotland
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1956–1957	Dundee	1	(0)
1957–1960	Leicester City	85	(0)
1960–1965	Plymouth Argyle	131	(0)
1965–1966	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	(0)
1966–1967	Southampton	22	(0)
Total		283	(0)
Teams managed
1977-1979	South Melbourne Hellas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David "Dave" MacLaren (born 12 June 1934) is a retired Scottish football player and manager.

MacLaren began his career at local club Auchterarder before being signed to Dundee. He managed only one first team appearance for the team though, before heading to England in January 1957, where he would spend the rest of his playing career.^[1]

He joined Leicester City and immediately won promotion to the First Division as he became first choice, but he lost his place to the emerging Gordon Banks during the 1959–60 season. McLaren took this as his cue to depart and joined Second Division Plymouth Argyle at the end of the season.^[2]

The goalkeeper made more appearances for Plymouth than any of his other league clubs (131 league games) over five seasons in the second tier, before being signed by Wolves in early 1965. He spent only one full season at Molineux as the club attempted to regain their top flight status at the first attempt in 1965–66, but fell short.

McLaren got a chance to return to the First Division though when newly-promoted Southampton signed him soon into the following season. Ironically, McLaren had been in goal for Wolves when Southampton had scored 9 against them in the previous season (in a 9-3 victory).

He lasted just a single season at The Dell, making 22 league appearances, before losing his place to Eric Martin. After leaving Southampton he joined non-league Worcester City.

After retiring from playing, he took on a new challenge in Australia as manager of South Melbourne Hellas.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Dave MacLaren". Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
2. ^ "Dave MacLaren". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
3. ^ http://www.smfc.com.au/history/1970-s/

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Name	Maclaren, Dave
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Date of birth	12 June 1934
Place of birth	Auchterarder, Scotland
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