| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Mangnall | ||
| Date of birth | (1905-09-21)21 September 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 April 1962(1962-04-10) (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Penzance, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward,inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Maltby New Church | |||
| Maltby Colliery | |||
| 1923–192? | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1927–1929 | Leeds United | 9 | (6) |
| 1929–1934 | Huddersfield Town | 79 | (61) |
| 1934–1935 | Birmingham | 37 | (14) |
| 1935–1936 | West Ham United | 35 | (28) |
| 1939–1939 | Millwall | 58 | (32) |
| 1939–1944 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | (3) |
| Total | 221 | (144) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1944–1952 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Mangnall (21 September 1905 – 10 April 1962) was an Englishfootball player and manager. As a player, he scored 144 goals from 221 appearances inthe Football League playing forLeeds United,Huddersfield Town,Birmingham,West Ham United,Millwall andQueens Park Rangers. He was manager of Queens Park Rangers for eight years.[2][3]
Born inWigan, Lancashire, Mangnall was a busy and athleticcentre-forward who played forLeeds United between 1927 and 1930. After playing withFirst DivisionHuddersfield Town until 1934, he joinedBirmingham. He was then signed byWest Ham United in 1935 as a replacement forVic Watson. He scored 25 goals in 35 League appearances for the Hammers and was their top scorer for the1935–36 season, but moved toMillwall the following year.
Mangnall helped Millwall, who were competing in theThird Division South at the time, into theFA Cup semi-finals in 1937. Millwall's giant-killing feats earned Mangnall the title of,David the Giant Killer as a procession of clubs came toThe Old Den and were devoured by The Lions. Following a 6–1 victory away toAldershot in which Magnall scored 4 goals, Millwall were drawn at home in every round. After a 7–0 defeat ofGateshead, it was the turn of Second DivisionFulham. Millwall sent them packing 2–0. First DivisionChelsea were the next team to try their luck at The Den. Chelsea were more embarrassed than Fulham when Mangnall's Millwall sent them home 3–0.Derby County, the First Division runners-up the previous season, were the next team to visit. Millwall's record crowd of 48,672 packed into The Den to watch Mangnall score first, with his striking partner McCartney netting the winner four minutes from time. However, when Millwall drewManchester City, nobody thought they even had a chance of beating them. Millwall got the better of City's star studded team, with Mangnall scoring a goal in each half, making Millwall the first Third Division team in the history of the competition to reach the semi-final. Millwall's dream was ended when they were paired withSunderland in the semi-final, played at neutralLeeds Road and although Magnall scored yet again, The Lions went down 2–1. There was some consolation for Mangnall's Millwall as they won promotion to theSecond Division the following season.[4]
On 16 May 1939, just before the outbreak ofWorld War II, he joinedQueens Park Rangers as a player and on 29 April 1944 was offered the player-manager role. Although initially reluctant to take it on, he did so, and he built a team that in the 1947–48 season, withGeorge Smith as captain, won theThird Division South championship by four points to give QPR their first-ever promotion. After four tough seasons in the Second Division they were relegated back to the Third Division, where they were to remain for fifteen seasons beforeAlec Stock led them to promotion again.
After relegation in 1951–52, Mangnall left the club and never managed in the Football League again. He is one of only six QPR managers to achieve a promotion to a higher division, the others being Alec Stock (who managed the feat twice, in successive seasons),Gordon Jago,Terry Venables,Ian Holloway and Neil Warnock.
Mangnall died inPenzance, Cornwall, in 1962 at the age of 56.[3]