Dally Duncan

Douglas "Dally" Duncan (14 October 1909 – 2 January 1990) was a Scottish football player and manager.

Dally Duncan
Personal information
Full name Douglas Duncan[1]
Date of birth (1909-10-14)14 October 1909
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death 2 January 1990(1990-01-02) (aged 80)
Place of death Brighton, England
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Aberdeen Richmond
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1932 Hull City 111 (47)
1932–1946 Derby County 261 (63)
→ Reading (wartime)
→ Notts County (wartime)
→ Nottingham Forest (wartime)
1946–1948 Luton Town 32 (4)
Total 404 (114)
National team
1932–1937 Scotland 14 (7)
Teams managed
1947–1958 Luton Town
1958–1960 Blackburn Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A left-winger, Duncan joined Hull City from Aberdeen Richmond in 1928 and spent his entire professional career in English football.[2] He joined Derby County for £2,000 in 1932 and remained contracted to the club until 1946. During this period he earned 14 caps for the Scottish national team, scoring 7 goals between 1932 and 1937. He was also received an FA Cup winners medal with Derby in 1946.

After "guesting" for Reading, Notts County and Nottingham Forest during World War II, Duncan moved to Luton Town as a player-coach in October 1946.[2] He was appointed manager in June 1947 and retained the position until October 1958. He then managed Blackburn Rovers for two seasons, helping them to the FA Cup final in 1960.[3] The Blackburn performance included a man of the match performance by Ally MacLeod.

Duncan ran a guest house in Brighton after his football retirement.[2] He died in 1990, aged 80.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 October 1932Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Wales2–52–5BHC
24 October 1933Ninian Park, Cardiff Wales2–32–3BHC
321 November 1934Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen Wales1–03–2BHC
46 April 1935Hampden Park, Glasgow England1–02–0BHC
56 April 1935Hampden Park, Glasgow England2–02–0BHC
65 October 1935Ninian Park, Cardiff Wales1–01–1BHC
713 November 1935Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Ireland2–12–1BHC

References
  1. "Dally Duncan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
  3. "Duglas Duncan". Hull City OnLine. Retrieved 27 February 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.