Dan Currie (footballer)

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Danny Currie
Personal information
Full name Daniel Currie
Date of birth 16 September, 1935
Place of birth Renton, Scotland
Date of death 29 July, 1992 (56 years.)
Place of death Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Duntocher Hibernian
1953–1963 Clyde 158 (40)
1963–1966 Queen of the South 61 (14)
International career
1957–1958 Scotland U23 4 (1)
1958 SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Currie (1935 – 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right, primarily for Clyde,[1] winning the Scottish Cup with the club in 1957–58,[2][3] plus the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup a month later,[4] followed by the Glasgow Cup five months after that.[5]

He also played at senior level for Queen of the South,[6] played four times for the Scotland under-23 team[7] and was selected for an international trial match in 1958[8] which led to him being placed on the shortlist for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, though ultimately he did not make the final pool.

He later emigrated to Canada with his family in June 1973, playing for local teams in the Brantford, Ontario area.[6] He died in July 1992.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clyde: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ Senior Football Players from the Vale of Leven in the 20th Century | Danny Currie, The Vale of Leven Story
  3. ^ Scottish Cup For Clyde, The Glasgow Herald, 28 April 1958
  4. ^ Charity Cup Final: Clyde's easy victory, Glasgow Herald, 13 May 1958
  5. ^ Clyde Win Glasgow Cup With Fine Display, The Glasgow Herald, 23 October 1958
  6. ^ a b Queen of the South: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  7. ^ Scotland U23 player Currie, Dan, FitbaStats
  8. ^ Scottish trial match at Easter Road Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958, via Partick Thistle History Archive
  9. ^ Obituary | Mary Smith Currie, Thorpe Brothers Funeral Home & Chapel, 15 November 2014