David Baird (4 March 1869 – 19 March 1946) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played for
Heart of Midlothian,
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
and
Scotland.
London Hearts Supporters Club Baird won the Scottish Cup three times with Hearts, playing in three different positions in each of the finals (1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
, 1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
and 1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
), though he was most commonly deployed as an outside forward.
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1869 births
1946 deaths
Scottish men's footballers
Scotland men's international footballers
St Bernard's F.C. players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Men's association football outside forwards
Footballers from Edinburgh
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
Directors of football clubs in Scotland
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