David Meiklejohn

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Davie Meiklejohn
Personal information
Full name	David Ditchburn Meiklejohn
Date of birth	December 12, 1900(1900-12-12)
Place of birth	Govan, Scotland
Date of death	August 22, 1959 (aged 58)
Place of death	Airdrie, Scotland
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1919–1936	Rangers	490 (42)
National team
1922–1933	Scotland	015 0(3)
Teams managed
1947–1959	Partick Thistle
1 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.

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 September 5, 1931, he captained the Rangers side in the Old Firm game which saw the Celtic F.C. 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.

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 against Wales.

Meiklejohn retired from football in 1936 and took a job with the Daily Record newspaper. In 1947 he became manager of Partick Thistle.

His death was sudden when, at the age of just 58, he collapsed in the director's box at Broomfield.

[edit] External links

• David Meiklejohn profile at scottishfa.co.uk

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