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This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the Canadian journalist, see David Kinnear (journalist).

David Kinnear
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-02-22)22 February 1917
Place of birth Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death 4 February 2008(2008-02-04) (aged 90)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1934 Raith Rovers 21 (14)
1934–1946 Rangers 105 (32)
1946 Third Lanark 4 (0)
1946–1949 Dunfermline Athletic 65 (16)
1949–1950 Stirling Albion 3 (0)
Total 198 (62)
International career
1936–1938 Scottish League XI[1] 2 (0)
1937 Scotland 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Kinnear (22 February 1917 – 4 February 2008) was a Scottish professional footballer.[2]

Career

Kinnear was signed to Rangers in 1934 by Bill Struth, having previously been playing for Raith Rovers[3] and Burntisland United before that. He made his debut on 25 August 1934 in a league match against Dundee, which ended in a 3–2 defeat. He only made four appearances in the 1934–35 season. His first goal came a season later on 14 August 1935 against Albion Rovers.

Kinnear gained his one and only Scotland cap in an international challenge match against Czechoslovakia on 8 February 1937, in which he scored.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Kinnear served with the British Army in the Army Physical Training Corps and was to leave Rangers after the war in May 1946. During his spell with the club he made 109 competitive appearances and scored 32 goals. He won two Scottish league championships, one Glasgow Cup and one Charity Cup. Along with Alex Venters, Kinnear scored in front of the all-time record crowd at Ibrox in a 2–1 victory over Old Firm rivals Celtic. He also enjoyed wartime spells with Third Lanark, Dunfermline Athletic and Stirling Albion.

He returned to Ibrox in 1956 as physiotherapist and had a hand in the transfer of Harold Davis to the club, having worked with him as a patient. He later became a trainer under Scot Symon but left the club in 1970 when manager William Waddell replaced his backroom staff.

References

  1. ^ (SFL player) David Kinnear, London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. ^ Gers Mourn Kinnear Rangers official site
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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