David John Shearer (16 October 1958 – 3 July 2022)[3] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David John Shearer[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 October 1958||
Place of birth | Inverness,[1] Scotland | ||
Date of death | 3 July 2022 | (aged 63)||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–1978 | Clachnacuddin | ||
1978–1983 | Middlesbrough | 97 | (32) |
1980 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 11 | (9) |
1983–1984 | Grimsby Town | 4 | (0) |
1984–1987 | Gillingham | 93 | (42) |
1987–1988 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | (3) |
1988 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | (7) |
1988–19?? | Darlington | 7 | (0) |
Billingham Synthonia | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Although he had trials with Greenock Morton as a teenager, Shearer continued to play locally in his home Fort William area in the Scottish North West Highlands, before signing as a part time professional with senior Inverness-based football club Clachnacuddin in the Highland Football League. His other professional clubs, all in the English Football League, included Middlesbrough, Scunthorpe United and Gillingham.[4]
He made over 230 Football League appearances. He was the older brother of fellow former professional and Highland Football League player Duncan Shearer.
References
edit- ^ a b c "David Shearer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Former Gillingham striker Dave Shearer dies at the age of 63". /www.kentonline.co.uk.
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
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