| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norman Davidson | ||
| Date of birth | (1934-10-25)25 October 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Kintore, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 20 November 2022(2022-11-20) (aged 88) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Inverurie Old Boys | |||
| 1951–1953 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953 | Fraserburgh[1] | ||
| 1953–1955 | Inverurie Locos | ||
| 1955–1961 | Aberdeen | 109 | (55) |
| 1961–1963 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | (19) |
| 1963–1964 | Dundee United | 8 | (3) |
| 1964 | Partick Thistle | 9 | (2) |
| 1964–1965 | St Mirren | 1 | (0) |
| 1965 | Margate | 4 | (0) |
| 1966 | Ramsgate | ||
| 1966–1967 | Boksburg[1] | ||
| Total | 167 | (79) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norman Davidson (25 October 1934 – 20 November 2022) was a Scottishfootballer who played as acentre-forward.
Davidson was born inKintore, Aberdeenshire, and after a period as a teenager withChelsea which did not result in any senior appearances,[2] returned home and started his career with localjunior club,Inverurie Loco Works.
Six months after signing forAberdeen, he made his professional debut in October 1955,[1] and went on to make 146 appearances for the club in major competitions, including the1959 Scottish Cup Final,[2] but moved toHeart of Midlothian in early 1961.[3] While with theTynecastle club he befriendedWillie Hamilton,[2] who provided the cross for Davidson to score the winning goal in the1962 Scottish League Cup Final (he had also found the net in theprevious year's event which resulted in defeat).[2]
Davidson joinedDundee United in October 1963 for a £4,000 transfer fee,[4] but soon left to joinPartick Thistle in January 1964, having been swapped for Partick's George Smith.[5][6] He later played forSt Mirren and English non-League clubsMargate andRamsgate, and had a spell in South Africa. After retiring, he worked at a bus depot inEdinburgh for many years.[2]
On 21 November 2022, it was announced that Davidson had died, at the age of 88.[7][8]
| Club[9][10][11][12][13][14] | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 1955–56 | Scottish Division One | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 1956–57 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | ||
| 1957-58 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 27 | ||
| 1958-59 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | ||
| 1959-60 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | ||
| 1960-61 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | ||
| Total | 109 | 55 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 84 | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 1960-61 | Scottish Division One | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1961-62 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1962-63 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | ||
| 1963-64 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | ||
| Total | 36 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 29 | ||
| Dundee United | 1963-64 | Scottish Division One | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Partick Thistle | 1963-64 | Scottish Division One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964-65 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9+ | 2+ | ||
| Total | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9+ | 2+ | ||
| St Mirren | 1964-65 | Scottish Division One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Margate | 1965-66 | Southern League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 167 | 79 | 17+ | 13+ | 40+ | 24+ | 3 | 2 | 227+ | 118+ | ||
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