David Steele (footballer)

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David Steele
Personal information
Full name David Morton Steele
Date of birth 29 June 1894(1894-06-29)
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
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

David Steele (29 June 1894 – 23 May 1964) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager.

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[edit] 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.[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. Herbert Chapman signed Steele in a £2,500 deal to take him to Huddersfield Town in May 1922. 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. He joined Preston North End in May 1929 on a free transfer where he finished his playing days in July 1930.

[edit] Managerial career

Steele began his managerial career when he worked at Bury as a coach. Similar roles followed at Danish side Bold Klubben F.C. and Sheffield United.

In May 1936 he was appointed Bradford Park Avenue manager. 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.

He was working on the family's fruit farm when Bradford City tempted him back into football in July 1948.[1] He became the second man, after Peter O'Rourke to manage both Bradford league clubs. He won just one of his first 18 games in charge as City finished bottom of Division Three (North) in 1948-49. 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.[1] He died in May 1964 aged 69.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, pp71-72. ISBN 0907969380. 

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