Daniel Kirkwood (24 December 1900 – 20 October 1977) was a Scottish professional

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who played in the

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for

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and scored 76 goals from 205 appearances in

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playing for

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

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Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

and

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

. He played as an

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. Kirkwood was born in

Dalserf Dalserf is a small village of only a few streets in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the River Clyde, east of Larkhall and south east of Hamilton. Dalserf is also a traditional civil parish. It includes Ashgill, Larkhall, Netherburn, ...

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. He turned professional with

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

in 1923, and in August of the following year moved to

. Unable to dislodge Scotland international Andy Cunningham from the starting eleven, Kirkwood spent a season

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, and played only once for Rangers in the

, in a 2–1 defeat of

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on 28 August 1926. In November of that year, he joined

, where he made 18 appearances in as many months before moving on to

at the end of the 1927–28 season for a £500 fee. Described as slow but constructive, Kirkwood scored 74 goals from 168 League appearances for the club and was their top scorer in the 1928–29 season with 21 goals in all competitions. His career was affected by injury, and he was allowed to leave on a free transfer in October 1933, spending a few weeks with

before finishing the season and his professional career with

. Kirkwood returned to Scotland where he worked as a miner. He died in

Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire Stonehouse is a rural village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on Avon Water in an area of natural beauty and historical interest, near to the Clyde Valley. It is on the A71 trunk road between Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, near the towns of ...

in 1977 at the age of 76. His elder brother Andrew Kirkwood was also a footballer who was contracted to Rangers and was loaned to St Johnstone at the same time as Dan where the siblings played together; Andrew also featured for

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.Kirkwood, Andrew (1922)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkwood, Dan 1900 births 1977 deaths Footballers from South Lanarkshire Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Rangers F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players