.jpg) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Ditchburn Meiklejohn | ||
| Date of birth | (1900-12-12)12 December 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Govan, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 22 August 1959(1959-08-22) (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Position | Centre-half /Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Maryhill | ||
| 1919–1936 | Rangers | 490 | (42) |
| International career | |||
| 1921–1932 | Scottish League XI | 6 | (0) |
| 1922–1933 | Scotland | 15 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1947–1959 | Partick Thistle | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Ditchburn Meiklejohn (/ˈmiːkəlˌdʒɒn/; 12 December 1900 – 22 August 1959) was a Scottish professionalfootballer, who played forRangers andScotland during the 1920s and 1930s. He later managedPartick Thistle for 12 years.
Born inGovan,Glasgow, Meiklejohn joined Rangers fromjunior clubMaryhill in 1919 and spent the rest of his playing days with theIbrox club.[1][2]
He played 563 games, scoring 46 goals and winning 13Scottish league championships, fiveScottish Cups and eightGlasgow Cups.[3] The first of the Scottish Cups, a 4–0 victory overCeltic in1928 (in which he scored a penalty) was perhaps the most important psychologically as it broke a sequence of 25 winless years in the competition for Rangers.[1][2] Three years earlier he had escaped serious injury when involved in a bus crash on Copland Road near to Ibrox Park.[1][2]
On 5 September 1931, he captained the Rangers side in theOld Firm game which saw the Celtic goalkeeperJohn Thomson accidentally killed contesting for a ball with Rangers'Sam English. Meiklejohn was 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 stepped in and performed a reading at Thomson's funeral when Celtic'sPeter Wilson could not gain access to the church due to the crowd that had gathered outside.[1][2]
He wascapped 15 times byScotland during an 11-year international career. He scored three times and captained the side six times.[4] He made his debut againstWales. Meiklejohn also represented theScottish League XI six times.[5]
Meiklejohn retired from football in 1936 and took a job with theDaily Record newspaper. In 1947 he became manager ofPartick Thistle, and was credited with maintaining a strong level of play while also introducing several young talents into the team.[6]
He collapsed and died, aged 58, in the director's box atBroomfield Park, home ofAirdrieonians. On 15 November 2009 he was inducted into theScottish Football Hall of Fame.[7][1][2]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
