David Meiklejohn

Davie Meiklejohn

Personal information
Full name	David Ditchburn Meiklejohn
Date of birth	(1900-12-12)12 December 1900
Place of birth	Govan, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death	Airdrie, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
–1919	Maryhill
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1936	Rangers	490	(42)
International career
1922–1933	Scotland	15	(3)
1921–1932	Scottish League XI	6	(0)
Managerial career
1947–1959	Partick Thistle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David "Davie" Ditchburn Meiklejohn (12 December 1900 – 22 August 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer most famous for his time with Scottish club Rangers.

Career

Born in Govan, Glasgow, Meiklejohn joined Rangers from junior club Maryhill in 1919 and spent the rest of his playing days with the Ibrox club.

He played 563 games, scoring 46 goals and winning 12 League Championships and 5 Scottish Cups. On 5 September 1931, he captained the Rangers side in the Old Firm game which saw the Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson accidentally killed contesting for a ball with Rangers' Sam English. Meiklejohn is credited with having realised the seriousness of the situation and gestured to calm the home support whilst the injured Thomson was being attended to.

He was capped 15 times by Scotland during an 11-year international career. He also scored 3 times and captained the side six times. He made his debut against Wales. Meiklejohn also represented the Scottish League XI six times.

Meiklejohn retired from football in 1936 and took a job with the Daily Record newspaper. In 1947 he became manager of Partick Thistle.

He collapsed and died, aged 58, in the director's box at Broomfield Park, home of Airdrieonians. On 15 November 2009 he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.

External links

• David Meiklejohn at scottishfa.co.uk