Dave Mackay

Dave Mackay
	Mackay in 2006
Personal information
Full name	David Craig Mackay
Date of birth	14 November 1934
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	2 March 2015 (aged 80)
Place of death	Nottingham, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Left-half / Sweeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1953–1959	Heart of Midlothian
1959–1968	Tottenham Hotspur
1968–1971	Derby County
1971–1972	Swindon Town
Total
International career
1954–1958	Scotland U23
1957–1965	Scotland
1957–1958	Scottish League XI
1958	SFL trial v SFA
1959–1962	SFA trial v SFL
Managerial career
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
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Craig Mackay (14 November 1934 – 2 March 2015) was a Scottish football player and manager. Mackay was best known 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", as well as being an inaugural inductee to both the English and Scottish Football Halls of Fame. He was described, by Tottenham Hotspur, as one of their greatest players and was known as 'the heartbeat' of their most successful ever team.

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