David Whiteford (born 9 August 1944) is a Scottish former

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who played mainly as a

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. The greater part of his senior career (which did not begin until his early 20s once he had completed his education in order to become a schoolteacher) was spent with

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 ...

where he played for eight years and made over 200 appearances, experiencing a relegation from the top division in 1967–68 followed by promotion as winners of Division Two the following season, as well as taking part in a

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semi-final later in 1969 and eliminating

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from the

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. He moved to

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

in 1973, spending three seasons with the ''Bairns'',Davie Whiteford
Better Meddle... then a further three with local rivals

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. Now well into his 30s, he had a spell at

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level with

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before retiring. In 1985 he returned to East Stirlingshire as manager, but the part-time club failed to improve on their status as one of the weaker teams in the bottom division and he was dismissed in 1987.(East Stirlingshire manager) Whiteford, David
FitbaStats His father Jock, younger brother

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(a teammate at Falkirk and Glencairn, and coaching colleague at East Stirlingshire) and cousin

Derek Whiteford David "Derek" Whiteford (born 13 May 1947 in Salsburgh) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Dumbarton and Falkirk.

were also footballers.Sporting Whitefords
The Whiteford Web Resource Centre. Retrieved 26 August 2021

Managerial statistics

Honours

Motherwell *

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: 1968–69 Falkirk Scottish Football League Division Two Champions 1974-75

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteford, Davie 1944 births Scottish men's footballers Sportspeople from Shotts Footballers from North Lanarkshire East Stirlingshire F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players Living people Men's association football fullbacks Scottish football managers East Stirlingshire F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Alumni of the University of Strathclyde Scottish schoolteachers