David Calderhead
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Calderhead | ||
Date of birth | 19 June 1864 | ||
Place of birth | Hurlford, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 9 January 1938 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | London, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
Wishaw Swifts | |||
Wishaw Thistle | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1881–1889 | Queen of the South Wanderers | ||
1889–1900 | Notts County | 278 | (12) |
1900–1901 | Lincoln City | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
1889 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
1891[1] |
Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1900–1907 | Lincoln City | ||
1907–1933 | Chelsea | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Calderhead (19 June 1864 – 9 January 1938) was a Scottish football player and manager. Calderhead played for Queen of the South Wanderers, Notts County and Lincoln City. He won the FA Cup with Notts County in 1894 and was capped once for Scotland, in 1889. He then became a manager, working for Lincoln City (1900–1907) and Chelsea (1907–1933).
Playing career
Calderhead was a centre half and played for various clubs, including Dumfries team Queen of the South Wanderers (not to be confused with Queen of the South, formed in 1919).[2] He won one Scotland cap, in a 7–0 win against Ireland at the first Ibrox Park in the British Home Championship in March 1889; this attracted Notts County.
With Notts County he played in two
Management career
He then moved into management, taking over at
Calderhead was Chelsea's first full-time secretary-manager and spent almost 26 years at the club, making him the club's longest-serving manager. Chelsea were
The
Calderhead was notoriously shy of the media, earning the nickname "
Calderhead holds the record at Chelsea for managing games – 966.[6] He left the job in June 1933 to be replaced by Leslie Knighton. Calderhead died five years after leaving Chelsea in London at the age of 73.[4]
His son, also called
Honours
Player
Notts County
- FA Cup
- Winner: 1894
- Runner-up: 1891
- Winner:
Manager
Chelsea
- 1915
References
- ^ Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891, 11v11.com
- ^ Scotland Football Records | Clubs played for | Queen of the South Wanderers, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 21 February 2022
- ^ David Calderhead in the QoS Club History
- ^ a b c d e f g h i ""David Calderhead" full career profile on www.qosfc.com". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ David Calderhead in the 1891 Blackburn Rovers v Notts County FA Cup final in the profile on Jackie Oakes Archived September 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d David Calderhead and Chelsea in the profile on Willie ferguson Archived September 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "David Calderhead". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-7553-1466-9.