Davie Adams

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Davie Adams
Personnel
Surname David Robertson Adams
birthday May 14, 1883
place of birth Oathlaw ,  Scotland
date of death November 29, 1948
Place of death Edinburgh ,  Scotland
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
0000-1902 Dunipace FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1902-1912 Celtic Glasgow 248 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

David "Davie" Robertson Adams (born May 14, 1883 in Oathlaw , † November 29, 1948 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish football goalkeeper . In his career he played over 200 competitive games for Celtic Glasgow and won the Scottish championship six times with the club .

Career

Davie Adams was born in 1883 in the Scottish village of Oathlaw , four kilometers north of Forfar . Until 1902 Adams played for Dunipace FC in Denny . In December 1902, the goalkeeper signed a contract with Celtic Glasgow . He made his debut for the club at the age of 20 on September 26, 1903 in the league game against Hibernian Edinburgh which was won 1-0. Under Willie Maley , the coach of Celtic, Adams remained a regular goalkeeper until 1912. With the club he was between the seasons 1904/05 and 1909/10 six times in a row champion, four times cup winner and achieved five successes in the Glasgow Cup . After retiring, Adams first ran a pub in East Kilbride , and later in Tranent . He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh on November 29, 1948 at the age of 65.

successes

with Celtic Glasgow:

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personal data
SURNAME Adams, Davie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, David Robertson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Oathlaw , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1948
Place of death Edinburgh , Scotland