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David Sturrock
Personal information
Full name David Sturrock [1]
Date of birth (1938-02-22)22 February 1938
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 2022
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1955?–1960? Dundee United 83 (20)
1960?–1961? Accrington Stanley 17 (5)
1961?– Bedford Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Sturrock (22 February 1938 – 2022) was a Scottish footballer, who played as an inside forward in the Scottish Football League and the English Football League in the 1950s and 1960s. [2]

Sturrock began a five-year spell with local club Dundee United in the mid-1950s, joining English side Accrington Stanley for the 1960/61 season. [2] He is reported as having made a total of 26 appearances for Accrington (scoring 7 goals), [3] before moving to Southern League side Bedford Town. [2] Sturrock moved back to his hometown of Dundee following the end of his playing career. [3]

Dundee United announced in December 2022 that Sturrock had recently died. [4]

References

  1. ^ "David Sturrock". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c David Sturrock at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ a b Struthers, Greg (16 April 2006). "Caught in Time: Accrington Stanley resign from the Football League, 1962". The Times. London. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  4. ^ "David Sturrock 1938-2022". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 23 December 2022.