David Laing (20 February 1925 – 15 July 2017) was a Scottish professional
footballer
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.
Laing played for
Hearts for eight years and represented the
Scottish League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...
while there in 1952. His last game for the club was on 4 September 1954 in a 3–2 home victory against
Celtic
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Sports Fo ...
; He left Hearts a day later. His position in the team was given to
Dave Mackay, who became a regular first team pick. Laing missed out as Hearts won their breakthrough trophy of the
Tommy Walker era, the
Scottish League Cup
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in
1954.
Laing though was to enjoy success of his own elsewhere, as he joined
Clyde Clyde may refer to:
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. He helped them win the
1955 Scottish Cup Final
The 1954–55 Scottish Cup was the 70th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Clyde who defeated Celtic in the replayed final. It was Clyde's second cup success, whilst Celtic lost in the fin ...
in his first season. Laing is generally accepted to have been man of the match in both the first game of the final and its replay.
[
He later played for Hibernian and Gillingham. He was inducted into the inaugural Clyde FC Hall of Fame in 2011.]
References
External links
*
Clyde FC Hall of Fame profile
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1925 births
2017 deaths
Footballers from Fife
Association football wing halves
Scottish footballers
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. players
Gillingham F.C. players
Margate F.C. players
Ramsgate F.C. players
Canterbury City F.C. players
Scottish Football League representative players
Place of death missing