David Herd

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David Herd
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Stove (1963)
Personnel
Surname David George Herd
birthday April 15, 1934
place of birth HamiltonScotland
date of death October 1, 2016
Place of death MiddlebieScotland
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1951-1954 Stockport County 12 00(5)
1954-1961 Arsenal FC 166 0(97)
1961-1968 Manchester United 201 (114)
1968-1970 Stoke City 39 0(11)
1970-1971 Waterford FC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1958-1961 Scotland 5 00(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1971-1972 Lincoln City
1 Only league games are given.

David George Herd (born April 15, 1934 in Hamilton , † October 1, 2016 in Middlebie ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

The striker comes from a football dynasty. His father Alec Herd played for Manchester City and his uncle Sandy Herd was a Scottish international. Herd began his career with Stockport County in 1950 . During this time he played with his own father. In 1954 the Scot moved to Arsenal . He made his debut for the Gunners in 1955 against Leicester City . The Scot remained loyal to the gunners until 1961 . For the 1961/62 season he moved to Manchester United . The first competitive game for ManU he gave against West Ham United on August 19, 1961. Herd was twice English cup winners, one time English champions and won the championship cup with Manchester United. After a broken foot, Herd was rarely used and so it happened that he moved to Stoke City at the beginning of the 1968/1969 season. He let his career end with Irish club Waterford FC .

Internationally, he played five times for the Scottish national football team .

After retiring, he briefly trained Lincoln City .

successes

all as players

  • 2 × English champions with Manchester United (1965, 1967)
  • 1 × English cup winner with Manchester United (1963)
  • 1 × Cup winners with Manchester United (1968)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile David Herd , accessed June 25, 2020