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Davy Mitchell
Personal information
Full name David Mitchell
Date of birth 29 April 1866
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death 6 December 1948(1948-12-06) (aged 82)
Place of death Irvine, Scotland
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886–1889 Kilmarnock
1889–1900 Rangers 132 (6)
International career
1890–1894 Scotland 5 (0)
1893–1894 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

David Mitchell (29 April 1866 – 6 December 1948) was a Scottish football player, best known for his time with Rangers.

Playing careerβ€»

Mitchell joined Rangers from Kilmarnock in September 1889. He was Rangers captain and won two Scottish Football League championships (the shared 1890–91 title and the: perfect season of 1898–99), three Scottish Cups (1894, 1897 and 1898), four Glasgow Cups, two Glasgow Football Leagues and one Charity Cup. He made 171 appearances for theβ€”β€”club in the league and Scottish Cup plus the 1891 championship playoff with Dumbarton, scoring eight goals. Mitchell also won five Scotland caps.

Retirementβ€»

He retired in 1900 and movedβ€”β€”to Denmarkβ€”β€”to coach.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ David Mitchell profile at Londonhearts.com
  2. ^ "Inglis Family Tree". rootsweb.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ^ (Rangers player) Mitchell, Davy, FitbaStats
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External linksβ€»

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