David George Herd (15 April 1934 – 1 October 2016) was a Scottish international

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who played for Arsenal, Manchester United,

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, and Stoke City. His regular position was as a forward where he was a consistent goal scorer.

Playing career

Stockport County

Herd was born in

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but grew up in

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as his father Alex was playing for Manchester City and later

where Herd Jr. began his career. He made his debut on the final day of the 1950–51 season with his father and he scored as County beat Hartlepools United 2–0. His appearances for Stockport were limited by his

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duties. He scored five goals in 12 games in 1953–54 and he attracted the attentions of First Division clubs.

Arsenal

Herd did well enough to attract the attention of Arsenal, who signed him for £10,000 in 1954. Herd made his Arsenal debut on 19 February 1955 against

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. Herd continued to be a bit part player, playing just eight games in his first two seasons at the club, before making his breakthrough in 1956–57, scoring 18 goals in 28 games that season. From then on he was an established goalscorer, being the club's top goalscorer for four seasons straight, from 1956–57 through to 1960–61 – when he hit 29 goals, the most by an Arsenal player since

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. However, Arsenal's poor form meant they were nowhere near winning a trophy, the closest coming was a third place in the league in 1958–59. Despite being top scorer in 1960–61, Herd was unsettled at Arsenal due to their lack of success, and he moved to Manchester United in July 1961 for £35,000. In all he scored 107 goals for Arsenal in 180 appearances, making him the club's 15th highest goalscorer.

Manchester United

His first game for United came against

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on 19 August 1961. Herd helped the club to the

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, scoring two goals in the

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itself against Leicester City. He also helped them to win the English league championship in 1965 and 1967,. His first team appearances were limited after he suffered a broken leg in March 1967. Herd was part of the squad that won the

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, but he was not selected for the

on 29 May 1968. In all, he scored 145 career goals in 265 appearances (including one substitute appearance), an average of 0.54 goals per game and is currently 13th on the all-time club goalscorers list. He also once scored past three different goalkeepers in one match on 26 November 1966 against Sunderland, as United won the game 5–0.

Stoke City

He left Manchester United in July 1968 for Stoke City on a free transfer. He played 39 games for Stoke in 1968–69 scoring nine goals as Stoke had a poor season narrowly avoiding relegation. In 1969–70 Herd made nine appearances scoring twice and was released at the end of the season.

Waterford United

In December 1970 Herd signed for

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at Waterford. He made his

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debut at Kilcohan Park on 14 December.

International career

He won his first cap for

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, on 18 October 1958 against

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; Scotland won 3–0. Herd won five caps in total for Scotland between 1958 and 1961, scoring three goals, his last cap coming in a 4–0 defeat by

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on 14 May 1961.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, he had a stint managing Lincoln City between 1971 and 1972.

Personal life

Born in

, Herd was the son of former Manchester City player Alec Herd and the nephew of Scottish international

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. He died on 1 October 2016. Players of former clubs Manchester United and Stoke City wore black arm bands when they played each other the next day. His small, family funeral on 14 October at

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was in the same cemetery as his parents who spent their latter years living in

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Career statistics

Club

:A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the FA Charity Shield.

International

Honours

;Manchester United * European Cup: 1967–68 * Football League First Division: 1964–65, 1966–67 *

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: 1962–63 * FA Charity Shield: 1965

References

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