David Holt (footballer, born 1936)

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Personal information
Full name David Duff Holt
Date of birth (1936-01-03) 3 January 1936 (age 88)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 08 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Glentyan Thistle
Newhill Amateurs
Lugar Boswell Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1960 Queen's Park 61 (2)
1960–1969 Heart of Midlothian 231 (0)
1969–1970 Partick Thistle 19 (0)
Total311(2)
International career
1958 [1] Scotland U23 1 (0)
1960 Great Britain 3 (0)
1963–1964 Scotland 5 (0)
1964 [2] SFA trial v SFL 1 (0)
1964 Scottish League XI [3] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Duff Holt (born 3 January 1936) is a Scottish former international footballer who played as a left back. [4] During his playing career, Holt made more than 300 appearances in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park, [5] Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle between 1957 and 1970.

At Hearts (who were reigning Scottish champions at the time he joined the club), Holt won the 1962–63 Scottish League Cup during his nine-year spell at Tynecastle Park and was an important member of the team which only missed out on the 1964–65 Scottish Division One title on goal average. [6] However, he was released on a free transfer in 1969 and later stated he felt he had been badly treated by the club. [7]

Holt, who earned five caps for Scotland national side, also represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics [8] [7] [6] [9] (being able to do so as he played for Queen's Park who operated on an amateur basis).[ citation needed ]

Holt later worked as a taxi driver for many years. [7] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Scotland U23 player Holt, Davie, FitbaStats
  2. ↑ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN   9781785312458.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "David Holt - Scotland Football League Record from 23 Sep 1964 to 23 Sep 1964 clubs - Heart Of Midlothian" . Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "David Holt". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Holt, David Duff, QPFC.com
  6. 1 2 3 Former Scotland international who played with Billy McNeill and represented Britain asks SFA for his caps, Daily Record, 26 October 2019
  7. 1 2 3 GB football team: When money was no object, The Scotsman, 20 December 2008
  8. ↑ Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Happy Birthday to Davie Holt, The Scotland Epistles Football Magazine , 3 January 2017
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