Dave Mackay

**David Craig Mackay** (14 November 1934 – 2 March 2015) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Mackay was best known for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double-winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, and winning the league with Derby County as a manager. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad.

Mackay died on 2 March 2015 in Nottingham, England at the age of 80.

### Player

**Heart of Midlothian**
- Scottish League Division One: 1957–58
- Scottish Cup: 1955–56
- Scottish League Cup: 1954–55, 1958–59

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League First Division: 1960–61
- FA Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67
- European Cup Winner's Cup: 1962–63
- FA Charity Shield: 1961, 1962, 1967 (shared)

**Derby County**
- Football League Second Division: 1968–69
- Watney Cup: 1970

**Scotland national team**
- British Home Championship: 1962–63, 1963–64 (shared)

### Manager

**Derby County**
- Football League First Division: 1974–75
- FA Charity Shield: 1975

**Zamalek**
- Egyptian Premier League: 1991–92, 1992–93

**Al-Arabi**
- VIVA Premier League : 5
- Kuwait Emir Cup : 2

### International appearances

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Scotland|1957|1|0|
|1958|3|0|||
|1959|4|0|||
|1960|6|1|||
|1961|1|1|||
|1963|6|2|||
|1965|1|0|||

### International goals

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Prater Stadium, Vienna|10||1–4|1–4|Friendly match||||||||||
||Wembley Stadium, London|15||1–3|3–9|1960–61 British Home Championship||||||||||
||Hampden Park, Glasgow|20||4–1|6–1|Friendly match||||||||||
||Hampden Park, Glasgow|20||5–1|6–1|Friendly match||||||||||

### Managerial record

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Swindon Town|align=left|31 May 1971|align=left|1 November 1972|||
|align=left|Nottingham Forest|align=left|2 November 1972|align=left|23 October 1973|||
|align=left|Derby County|align=left|23 October 1973|align=left|25 November 1976|||
|align=left|Walsall|align=left|9 March 1977|align=left|5 August 1978|||
|align=left|Birmingham City|align=left|26 April 1989|align=left|23 January 1991|||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Dave Mackay
- **image**: DaveMackay01 (cropped).JPG
- **image size**: 180px
- **caption**: Mackay in 2006
- **alt**: Dave Mackay
- **fullname**: David Craig Mackay
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **death place**: Nottingham, England
- **position**: Midfielder, Left half, later Defender (football), sweeper
- **years1**: 1953–1959
- **caps1**: 135
- **goals1**: 25
- **clubs1**: Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian
- **years2**: 1959–1968
- **caps2**: 318
- **goals2**: 51
- **clubs2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **years3**: 1968–1971
- **caps3**: 122
- **goals3**: 5
- **clubs3**: Derby County F.C., Derby County
- **years4**: 1971–1972
- **caps4**: 26
- **goals4**: 1
- **clubs4**: Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town
- **totalcaps**: 601
- **totalgoals**: 82
- **nationalyears1**: 1957–1965
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps1**: 22
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 1957–1958
- **nationalteam2**: Scottish League XI
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1971–1972
- **managerclubs1**: Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town
- **manageryears2**: 1972–1973
- **managerclubs2**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **manageryears3**: 1973–1976
- **managerclubs3**: Derby County F.C., Derby County
- **manageryears4**: 1977–1978
- **managerclubs4**: Walsall F.C., Walsall
- **manageryears5**: 1978
- **managerclubs5**: Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait), Al-Arabi Kuwait
- **manageryears6**: 1983
- **managerclubs6**: Al-Shabab (United Arab Emirates), Al-Shabab
- **manageryears7**: 1987
- **managerclubs7**: Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait), Al-Arabi Kuwait
- **manageryears8**: 1987–1989
- **managerclubs8**: Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers
- **manageryears9**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs9**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **manageryears10**: 1991–1993
- **managerclubs10**: El Zamalek, Zamalek
- **manageryears11**: 1994–1995
- **managerclubs11**: Qatar national football team, Qatar