Dave Mackay

David Craig Mackay is a former Scottish footballer and football manager who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 14 November 1934. A Scottish schoolboy, under-23 (4 caps) and full international (22 caps). He also represented the Scottish Football League. He tied with Tony Book of Manchester City for the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year Award in 1969.

Mackay turned out for Tottenham during the 1960's and played in their double winning team of 1961, FA Cup winning teams of 1962 and 1967, and Cup Winners Cup winning team of 1963. In 1968 he was transferred to Derby County and was jointly (with Tony Book) credited the Player of the Year award in his first season at the Baseball Ground after gaining promotion to the First Division. 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.

In his second season in charge of the Rams, he guided them to the league title. But he quit a year later after a disappointing season, and began an uneventful year-long spell as Walsall manager the year after that. He remained out of the game for almost a decade until being appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in 1987. 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 retired from football in 1991.

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. 'The Real Mackay' an autobiography written in conjunction with Martin Knight was published in 2004.

Playing career

He played as a hard tackling centre-half for:

Management Career

External link

English Football Hall of Fame Profile