Daniel Kirkwood (24 December 1900 – 20 October 1977)[1] was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Rangers[2] and scored 76 goals from 205 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Swindon Town. He played as an inside right.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Kirkwood | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Dalserf, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 20 October 1977 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Stonehouse, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Ashgill YMCA | ||
| 1923–1924 | Airdrieonians | 4 | (2) |
| 1924–1926 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
| 1925–1926 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 1926–1928 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | (1) |
| 1928–1933 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 168 | (74) |
| 1933 | Luton Town | 2 | (1) |
| 1933–1934 | Swindon Town | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kirkwood was born in Dalserf, South Lanarkshire. He turned professional with Airdrieonians in 1923, and in August of the following year moved to Rangers.[1][4][5] Unable to dislodge Scotland international Andy Cunningham from the starting eleven, Kirkwood spent a season on loan at St Johnstone,[1] and played only once for Rangers in the Scottish League,[2] in a 2–1 defeat of Partick Thistle on 28 August 1926.[6]
In November of that year, he joined Sheffield Wednesday, where he made 18 appearances in as many months before moving on to Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 1927–28 season for a £500 fee. Described as slow but constructive, Kirkwood scored 74 goals from 168 League appearances for the club[1] and was their top scorer in the 1928–29 season with 21 goals in all competitions.[7] His career was affected by injury, and he was allowed to leave on a free transfer in October 1933, spending a few weeks with Luton Town before finishing the season and his professional career with Swindon Town. Kirkwood returned to Scotland where he worked as a miner. He died in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire in 1977 at the age of 76.[1]
His elder brother Andrew Kirkwood was also a footballer who was contracted to Rangers[8] and was loaned to St Johnstone at the same time as Dan where the siblings played together;[9] Andrew also featured for Hamilton Academical.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Carder, Tim & Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 135. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7.
- ^ a b "Player History – I/J/K". The Rangers Archive. Gersnet Online. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 149. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- ^ "Sat 28 August 1926". rangersfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carder & Harris, Albion A–Z, p. 338.
- ^ (Rangers player) Kirkwood, Andrew R., FitbaStats
- ^ Early Shock For Hearts, The Sunday Post, 13 December 1925, via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Kirkwood, Andrew (1922), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank