Danny Malloy

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Danny Malloy
Personal information
Full name Daniel Malloy
Date of birth November 6, 1930 (1930-11-06) (age 77)
Place of birth    Loanhead, Scotland
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1953-1955
1955-1961
1961-1962
1962-1963		 Dundee
Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers
Clyde		 072 (7)
225 (1)
042 (0)
014 (0)   
National team
1956-1957 Scotland B 002 (0)
Teams managed
1961-1962 Doncaster Rovers (player-manager)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel "Danny" Malloy (born 6 November 1930 in Loanhead) is a former Scottish professional footballer and manager.

[edit] Career

Beginning his career at Dundee Malloy eventually moved to Cardiff City in 1955 for a fee of £17,500 as a replacement for Stan Montgomery. He made his debut against Charlton Athletic soon after and became a mainstay of the side for several years. He was quick in making his mark as a footballing hard man, playing against Middlesbrough on 11 January 1958 he came up against prolific striker Brian Clough. Clough had been verbally riling Malloy throughout the match and as play went towards the Middlesbrough end Malloy swung a punch at Clough leaving him sprawled out on the pitch.[1]

Although never a prolific scorer, at Cardiff Malloy was more famed for his scoring feats at the wrong end of the field, scoring a total of fourteen own goals during his six years at the club, including netting two in one match during a 3-2 victory over Liverpool on 22 August 1959. His only league goal for the club came from the penalty spot in the 1956-57 season in a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United. He took over as captain of the side during the 1959-1960 season and helped Cardiff gain promotion to the top flight as runners up to Aston Villa. At the end of the season in 1961 he could not agree terms with the club and left to become player-manager of Doncaster Rovers, a post he held for one season before finishing his career at Clyde.

In his career Malloy won two caps for the Scotland B side.[2]

[edit] Honors

Welsh Cup winner:1955-56, 1958-59
Welsh Cup finalist:1959-60

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Clough laid out" The Cardiff City Miscellany pg.87
  2. ^ "Scotland B internationals" Scotlandfa.co.uk Retrieved on 18 March 2008
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