Dave Smith (footballer, born 1943)

Dave Smith

Personal information
Full name	David Bruce Smith
Date of birth	14 November 1943
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1961–1966	Aberdeen	133	(8)
1966–1974	Rangers	195	(8)
1974–1975	Arbroath	20	(0)
1975–1976	Arcadia Shepherds F.C.
1976	Seattle Sounders	5	(0)
1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	15	(0)
1976–1980	Berwick Rangers	157	(11)
1980–1981	Meadowbank Thistle	11	(0)
1981	Hamilton Academical	6	(0)
1981–198?	Huntly
National team
1966–1968	Scotland	2	(0)
1966–1970	Scottish League XI	4	(0)
Teams managed
1976–1980	Berwick Rangers
1981–198?	Huntly
1982–1983	Peterhead
–	Gala Fairydean
–	Whitehill Welfare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

David Bruce "Dave" Smith (born 14 November 1943 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.^[1]

Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the Scottish League Cup in 1971, the Scottish Cup in 1973 and, most notably, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. That year, he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Player of the year. During his time at Rangers he collected two Scotland caps.^[2]

Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for Arbroath, where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at Berwick Rangers in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the Scottish Second Division championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed Huntly, Gala Fairydean and Whitehill Welfare.

Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the Seattle Sounders and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the NASL and is also known to have played in South Africa. His brother Doug was also a professional footballer, who spent his entire career with Dundee United.

References

1. Dave Smith career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
2. David Smith at scottishfa.co.uk

External links

• Rangers hall of fame
• NASL stats