| David Steele | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Morton Steele | |
| Date of birth | 29 June 1894 | |
| Place of birth | Carluke, Scotland | |
| Date of death | 23 May 1964 (aged 69) | |
| Playing position | Wing half | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1919–1922 1922–1929 1929–1930 | Armadale St. Mirren Douglas Water Thistle Bristol Rovers Huddersfield Town Preston North End | |
| National team | ||
| 1923 | Scotland | 3 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1936–1943 1943–1947 1948–1952 | Bradford Park Avenue Huddersfield Town Bradford City | |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
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Playing career
Born in Carluke, Scotland, Steele was a wing half who started his football career as a part-timer first with Armadale then St Mirren while he worked as a miner before the First World War. The town of Carluke ( Gaelic: Cathair MoLuaig) lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5 Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. In Association football, the position of wing half or wing half back) was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries Armadale FC were a Scottish football club based at Volunteer Park in Armadale West Lothian. Saint Mirren Football Club (commonly known by the shortening St World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All [1] After the war he moved to Scottish junior club Douglas Water Thistle.
In 1919 he joined then Southern League club Bristol Rovers playing for them during their first years in the league after they were became members of the newly-formed Division Three. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football team based in Bristol. From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest Herbert Chapman signed Steele in a £2,500 deal to take him to Huddersfield Town in May 1922. Herbert Chapman ( January 19, 1878 – January 6, 1934) was an English Association football player and manager The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Steele spent seven years at Huddersfield, winning a hat-trick of League Championships, two runners-up spot, an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1928, and three caps for Scotland. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1928 FA Cup Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town at Wembley. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. He joined Preston North End in May 1929 on a free transfer where he finished his playing days in July 1930. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire
Managerial career
Steele began his managerial career when he worked at Bury as a coach. Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. Similar roles followed at Danish side Bold Klubben F. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe C. and Sheffield United. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
In May 1936 he was appointed Bradford Park Avenue manager. Bradford Association Football Club (almost always referred to as Bradford (Park Avenue) are a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire He spent six years at Park Avenue and even turned out as an emergency centre forward against Sheffield Wednesday in October 1942 scoring one goal. [1] He resigned in 1943 to rejoin Huddersfield Town. In the club's first post-war season, Huddersfield finished just one place above the relegation positions in Division One and Steele resigned. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between
He was working on the family's fruit farm when Bradford City tempted him back into football in July 1948. Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford [1] He became the second man, after Peter O'Rourke to manage both Bradford league clubs. Peter O'Rourke (June 1873 &ndash 10 January 1956) was a Scottish footballer and manager. He won just one of his first 18 games in charge as City finished bottom of Division Three (North) in 1948-49. The Third Division North of The Football League was a level in English association football, which ran parallel to Third Division South from The following season City came 19th, before a 7th place finish in 1950-51. Steele left in February 1952 with the club again struggling in the bottom half of the league. He returned to Huddersfield Town for a third time as a scout. He also ran a pub in Stanningley. Stanningley is a district of Pudsey, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. [1] He died in May 1964 aged 69.
Honours
Player
Division One:- Winner (3): 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26 (Huddersfield Town)
- Runners-up (2): 1926-27, 1927-28 (Huddersfield Town)
- FA Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1927-28 (Huddersfield Town)
References
- ^ a b c d Frost, Terry (1988). The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1928 FA Cup Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, pp71-72. ISBN 0907969380.
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