David Pratt (footballer)
David Pratt (5 March 1896 – 28 July 1967) was a Scottish football player and manager. His career encompassed time spent in both England and Scotland, as well as a spell in Wales.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Pratt | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Lochore, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 28 July 1967 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Lochore Welfare | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lochgelly United | |||
| Hearts of Beath | |||
| 1919–1921 | Celtic | 21 | (0) |
| 1921–1923 | Bradford City | 50 | (5) |
| 1923–1927 | Liverpool | 76 | (1) |
| 1927–1929 | Bury | 51 | (0) |
| Yeovil Town | |||
| Total | 198+ | (6+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1929–1933 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1933–1934 | Clapton Orient | ||
| 1935 | Notts County | ||
| 1935–1937 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1937 | Bangor City | ||
| 1944–1945 | Port Vale | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he was used both as a defender and as a midfielder on the outside left. He started his career at Celtic in 1919, before moving to England two years later to play for Bradford City. In 1923 he moved on to Liverpool, where he would remain for the next four years. He then ended his playing career after spells with Bury and Yeovil Town.
He got his break in management with Yeovil Town in 1929, before he was installed as Clapton Orient manager in 1933. His reign was to only last one year, and he spent a spell in 1935 as Notts County manager, before he returned to Scotland later in the year to manage Heart of Midlothian. He left Hearts in 1937 and was appointed manager at Bangor City, though he lost his position before the end of the year. His final role was as Port Vale between 1944 and 1945, though he never actually took a charge of a game for the "Valiants".