Danny Blair

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Danny Blair
Personnel
Surname Daniel Blair
birthday February 2, 1906
place of birth Parkhead, Glasgow ,  Scotland
date of death March 7, 1976
Place of death Staten Island , New York City ,  United States
Juniors
Years station
Whitehall Higher Grade School
Parkhead Juniors
Rasharkin FC
Culleybackey
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Port of Albion
Toronto Scottish FC
Rhode Island
Willy's Overland Motor Work's Side
Providence Clamdiggers
Parkhead Juniors
1925-1931 Clyde FC
1931-1936 Aston Villa 129 (0)
1936-1939 Blackpool FC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1928-1932 Scotland 8 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Daniel "Danny" Blair (born February 2, 1906 in Parkhead, Glasgow , Scotland , † March 7, 1976 in Staten Island , New York City ) was a Scottish football player . He played as a defender .

Life

Danny Blair, born in Glasgow in 1906, began his professional career as a soccer player in Canada ; there he played for Davonport Albion and Toronto Scottish FC . In 1924 he moved to the Prodidence Clamdiggers in the US American Soccer League . A year later he returned to Scotland, where he played for Clyde FC from then on .

After six years with Clyde, Blair moved to the English first division Aston Villa in 1931 . In the following five years he played 138 games in the league and in the FA Cup for Villa. From 1936 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he played for Blackpool FC .

From 1928 to 1932, the defender played eight games for the Scottish national team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Colin Jose: American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (), The Scarecrow Press, 1998, ( ISBN 0-8108-3429-4 ).
personal data
SURNAME Blair, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blair, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Parkhead, Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1976
Place of death Staten Island , New York City