David Davison (born between April and June 1916) was an English

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who played as a

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, later becoming a manager. He played for Chelmsford City and Blackburn Rovers. After the war he coached

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in the Netherlands and

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

in Germany. He was born in Wardley, County Durham. In March 1939 David Davison transferred as a 22 year old for a fee of £500 from Southern League side Chelmsford City to the

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club Blackburn Rovers. Before Davison's time at Chelmsford City, he had played for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

and the old Chelmsford amateur club. After the war he was coaching the football team of the British forces in Germany. In July 1948, then aged 34, he was given the coaching position of

, a club of the eastern division of the Dutch First Division where he succeeded player-coach Koldewey (who in turn was the successor of

Leslie Lievesley Leslie Lievesley (July 1911 – 4 May 1949) was an English football player and manager. During his playing career, his regular position was at full-back. Born in Staveley, Derbyshire, Lievesley started his career as an amateur with Rossingt ...

who died as manager of ''

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'' at the Superga plane crash). In February 1949 he was sacked after an altercation with the ground-keeper, after the club had felt unhappy with his achievements anyway. Heracles finished the season as third of its league. In summer 1950 he was hired by

as successor to Alv Riemke. In November the club was just a couple of points outside the relegation zone of the

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, the southern division of Germany's highest football tier, and Davison was found out to have been involved in a pub brawl. As a consequence he was fired. Bayern finished the league as ninth. After interim solutions with former players and a

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, Max Schäfer, up to then with local rivals

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, became Bayern's manager for the 1951/52 season. Davison was a cousin of footballer

Ned Barkas Edward Barkas (21 November 1901 – 24 April 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He played in the Football League First Division for Huddersfield Town, Birmingham and Chelsea. Barkas was born in Wardley, ...

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