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{{infobox football biography
| name = Dave Mackay
| image = DaveMackay01 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Mackay in 2006
| fullname = David Craig Mackay<ref>{{Hugman|12642|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|11|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|2|1934|11|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Nottingham]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name=PontingObit/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11447325/Dave-Mackay-footballer-obituary.html |title=Dave Mackay, footballer – obituary |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dave-mackay-one-greatest-names-2082659 |title=Why Dave Mackay is one of the greatest names in Derby County's history |first=Anton |last=Rippon |newspaper=Derby Telegraph |location=London |date=7 October 2018 |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
| position = [[Wing-half|Left-half]], [[Sweeper (association football)|sweeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1953–1959
| caps1 = 135
| goals1 = 25
| clubs1 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]
| years2 = 1959–1968
| caps2 = 268
| goals2 = 42
| clubs2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| years3 = 1968–1971
| caps3 = 122
| goals3 = 5
| clubs3 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
| years4 = 1971–1972
| caps4 = 26
| goals4 = 1
| clubs4 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| totalcaps = 601
| totalgoals = 82
| nationalyears1 = 1954–1958<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=14 Scotland U23 player Mackay, Dave], FitbaStats</ref>
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-23 football team|Scotland U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1957–1965
| nationalteam2 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps2 = 22
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 1957–1958
| nationalteam3 = [[Scottish League XI]]
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1958<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1958+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI Scottish trial match at Easter Road] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809084038/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1958+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI |date=9 August 2014 }}, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958</ref>
| nationalteam4 = [[List of Scottish Football League representative players#Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players|SFL trial v SFA]]
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 1959–1962<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1959+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI The selectors still have problems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314063032/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1959+-+Scottish+League+v+Scotland+XI |date=14 March 2016 }}, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959</ref><ref name=scot60s>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lITgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22scotland+XI%22+v+%22scottish+league%22&pg=PT215|title=Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s|author=Ronnie McDevitt|year=2016|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781785312458}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| nationalteam5 = [[List of Scottish Football League representative players#Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players|SFA trial v SFL]]
| nationalcaps5 = 3
| nationalgoals5 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1971–1972
| managerclubs1 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| manageryears2 = 1972–1973
| managerclubs2 = [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| manageryears3 = 1973–1976
| managerclubs3 = [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
| manageryears4 = 1977–1978
| managerclubs4 = [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]
| manageryears5 = 1978-1986
| managerclubs5 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi Kuwait]]
| manageryears6 = 1983
| managerclubs6 = [[Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Dubai|Al-Shabab]]
| manageryears7 = 1987
| managerclubs7 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi Kuwait]]
| manageryears8 = 1987–1989
| managerclubs8 = [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]
| manageryears9 = 1989–1991
| managerclubs9 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
| manageryears10 = 1991–1993
| managerclubs10 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| manageryears11 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs11 = [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]
}}
'''David Craig Mackay''' (14 November 1934&nbsp;– 2 March 2015) was a Scottish [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (football)|manager]]. Mackay was best known for a highly successful playing career with [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]], the [[Double (association football)|double]]-winning [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] side of 1961 and [[List of English football champions|winning the league]] with [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] as a manager. He also represented [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] 22 times and was selected for their [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] squad. Mackay tied with [[Tony Book]] of [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] for the [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]] award in 1969 and was later listed by [[the Football League]] in their "[[Football League 100 Legends|100 Legends]]", as well as being an inaugural inductee to both the [[English Football Hall of Fame|English]] and [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame|Scottish]] Football Halls of Fame. He was described by [[Tottenham Hotspur|Spurs]] as one of their greatest players and was known as 'the heartbeat' of their most successful ever team.

==Early life==
Mackay was born in [[Edinburgh]]. His father was a printer who worked for ''[[The Scotsman]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Dave-Mackay-legendary-hard-man-Forest-manager/story-26109886-detail/story.html |title=Dave Mackay, legendary Spurs and Derby defender and former Forest manager, dies at the age of 80 |newspaper=Nottingham Post |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=7 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306190317/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Dave-Mackay-legendary-hard-man-Forest-manager/story-26109886-detail/story.html |archive-date=6 March 2015}}</ref> As a young footballer, he was a Scottish Schoolboy internationalist.<ref name=PontingObit>{{cite news|last1=Ponting|first1=Ivan|title=Dave Mackay: Dynamic footballer whose extraordinary will to win helped Tottenham to the League and FA Cup double|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/dave-mackay-dynamic-footballer-whose-extraordinary-will-to-win-helped-tottenham-to-the-league-and-fa-cup-double-10083474.html |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=11 November 2022|work=The Independent}}</ref>

== Club career ==

===Heart of Midlothian===
Mackay supported [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] as a boy. He signed as a professional in 1952, initially on a part-time basis as he also worked as joiner. Mackay was given his first team debut in November 1953. He would be paired with [[John Cumming (Scottish footballer)|John Cumming]] at wing half, which was to become the core of the team. Mackay was a talented all-round player; a strong tackler, physically fit and had good technique with the ball. Cumming's ''Iron Man'' nickname says much of his determination. Despite his commitment he retained control of his temper and was never booked in his career. Cumming was the only player to collect medals for all seven of the trophies Hearts won under manager Tommy Walker. "He never had a bad game. It was either a fairly good game or an excellent game," said Mackay later of his former teammate.<ref name=cummingobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/dec/16/john-cumming-obituary|title=Obituary: John Cumming|first=Ewan|last=Murray|date=16 December 2008|website=The Guardian|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Both went on to become full Scotland internationals while playing for Hearts.

Mackay was given a regular place in the team in the [[1954–55 in Scottish football|1954–55]] season, with Freddie Glidden now playing at centre-half. Hearts won their first trophy since 1906, 48 years before, as they beat [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]] 4–2 in the [[1954 Scottish League Cup Final]]. This would be the first of seven trophies over nine seasons between 1954 and 1963. After signing [[Alex Young (footballer, born 1937)|Alex Young]] and [[Bobby Kirk (footballer)|Bobby Kirk]], Walker's side proceeded to win the [[1955–56 Scottish Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKKqENumvuY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/QKKqENumvuY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Scottish F.A. Cup Final - Hearts Beat Celtic 3-1 (1956)|last=British Pathé|date=13 April 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They thrashed Rangers 4–0 in the quarter-finals with goals from Crawford, Conn and a Bauld double.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/195603031.html|title=1956-03-03 Sat Hearts 4 Rangers 0|website=londonhearts.com}}</ref>

Mackay completed the set of Scottish domestic honours by winning the [[list of Scottish football champions|league championship]] in [[1957–58 in Scottish football|1957–58]]. [[Jimmy Wardhaugh]] was the league's top goalscorer with 28, while [[Jimmy Murray (footballer born 1933)|Jimmy Murray]] and Alex Young also scored more than 20. Mackay was fourth in Hearts' league scoring charts, with 12. Hearts won that [[Scottish football champions|League title]] in [[1957–58 in Scottish football|1957–58]] with record-breaking points, goals scored and goal difference totals. Their record from 34 league games of 62 points out of a maximum possible 68 was 13 more than their nearest rival. They scored 132 goals (still the Scottish top tier record) with only 29 against for a record net difference of +103. Murray and Mackay both played for Scotland at the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], where Murray scored in a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia. Mackay played in only the third of Scotland's three games at the World Cup.

In the [[1958–59 Scottish League Cup]] group stage Hearts eliminated Rangers. That October [[1958 Scottish League Cup Final]] was won with a heavy 5–1 defeat of [[Partick Thistle]]. Bauld and Murray each scored two and [[Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1935)|Johnny Hamilton]] netted one. This was the fourth and last Hearts trophy for Mackay.

He had some injury issues in what was to be his last year at Hearts. From late March he missed the last five games of the 1957–58 successful league run in. He then missed the first five Hearts games at the start of the 1958–59 season, returning at the end of August. After 6 December he was then eight weeks out the team with the 13 December 1959 crucial 5–0 defeat away to Rangers the first game he missed<ref name="lhrangers">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/195812131.html|title=1958-12-13 Sat Rangers 5 Hearts 0|website=londonhearts.com}}</ref> before returning on 4 February for the 3–1 Scottish Cup victory away at [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]]. Just over a month after he regained his place in the first team, Mackay again played Queen of the South this time in a 2–1 home league win on 7 March 1959.<ref name="lhmackay">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/mackaydave.html|title=Dave Mackay - Hearts Career - from 07 Nov 1953 to 07 Mar 1959|website=londonhearts.com|access-date=7 April 2008|archive-date=13 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013180800/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/mackaydave.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The league game against QoS was Mackay's last for Hearts after they accepted a bid of £32,000 from [[Tottenham Hotspur]] for their captain. In Hearts' next game Mackay's vacated half back berth was taken by George Thomson, who moved from inside forward. Thomson's inside forward spot was given to debutant Bobby Rankin, who had been signed for £4,000 from Queen of the South two days before Mackay's last Hearts game.<ref name="lhrankin">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/rankinbobby.html|title=Bobby Rankin - Hearts Career - from 09 Mar 1959 to 03 Jun 1959|website=londonhearts.com|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085102/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/rankinbobby.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hearts spent £23,000 of the transfer on stadium improvements.<ref name="tynehist">{{cite web|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/pages/historytynecastlestadium|title=Heart of Midlothian - The history of Tynecastle Stadium|website=heartsfc.co.uk}}</ref>

===Tottenham Hotspur===
[[File:Tottenham Hotspur FC 1960.jpg|thumb|285px|[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] in 1960 with [[Danny Blanchflower]] (captain) and both goalkeepers, [[Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)|Bill Brown]] and [[John Hollowbread]], in the team with [[Cecil Poynton]] as trainer and [[Bill Nicholson (footballer)|Bill Nicholson]] as manager. ''Dave Mackay'' is standing far right.]]
Aged 24, he was signed by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £32,000 in March 1959 making his debut on 21 March in a 3–1 home win against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref name=11v11/><ref name="nfm">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/dave-mackay/ |title=Dave Mackay&nbsp;— National Hall of Fame |publisher=nationalfootballmuseum.com |access-date=3 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328090425/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/entry/dave-mackay/ |archive-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> During the 1960s his fierce determination and skill contributed to the team which won [[Double (association football)|the Double]] in [[1960–61 in English football|1960–61]]. As double winners Spurs played in the [[1961 FA Charity Shield]] against an FA XI which Spurs won 3–2. In that [[1961 FA Cup Final]] they beat [[Leicester City]] 2–0. They retained the trophy when they won the [[1962 FA Cup Final]] beating [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] 3–1. This put them into a second successive Charity Shield. In that [[1962 FA Charity Shield]] they beat Ipswich Town 5–1. This put Spurs into the [[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup]].<ref name=bbcobit/> However Mackay missed the 5–1 [[1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final]] victory over the defending champions [[Atlético Madrid]] at [[De Kuip]] in [[Rotterdam]] due to injured stomach muscles.<ref name = "guardobit">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/03/dave-mackay|title=Dave Mackay obituary|first1=Brian|last1=Glanville|first2=Julie|last2=Welch|date=3 March 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> Mackay had scored in the semi-final victory against [[OFK Beograd]].

Spurs defended the [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup the season after]] and were drawn to play the then FA Cup-holders, [[Manchester United]], in the second round. Mackay scored the opener in the first leg 2–0 victory at [[White Hart Lane]]. On 10 December 1963 Mackay broke his left leg in a challenge with United's [[Noel Cantwell]] after eight minutes of the return tie at Old Trafford.<ref name = "guardobit"/> Without him his teammates lost 4–1 due to a double strike by [[Bobby Charlton]] in the last 13 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/manchester-united-v-tottenham-hotspur-10-december-1963-219485/ |title=Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur, 10 December 1963 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> Mackay had just turned 29 the month before. The break was a serious one, and it took nine months before he attempted a comeback.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/oct/17/sport.comment7 |title=Softening Mackay still a tough tackler |first=Jon |last=Henderson |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=17 October 2004 |access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> Playing for Tottenham's reserves at home to [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] on 12 September 1964, he broke the same bone a second time, this time in a challenge with [[Peter Dolby]].<ref name=THFCObit>{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/obituary-dave-mackay-030315/ |title=Obituary – Dave Mackay |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Don't tell Billy Nick', begged Mackay |first=Ken |last=Jones |newspaper=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=16 September 1964 |quote=As Mackay moved menacingly into an inside right position on the edge of the penalty area, Peter Dolby, Shrewsbury reserve centre half, swept in to challenge. In came the ball from the right wing. Mackay shaped to play it back... and suddenly he spun out of control, clutching his left leg.&nbsp;... Spurs players told me afterwards: 'He just sat there holding his leg saying: "It's gone again. It's gone again!"'}}</ref> Mackay returned at the start of the 1965–66 season having missed a year and a half of first-team football.<ref name=THFCObit/>

In 1966 Mackay was photographed by [[Daily Mirror]] photographer [[Monte Fresco]] in an on-pitch confrontation with [[Leeds United F.C|Leeds United]]'s [[Billy Bremner]]. Mackay's face contorted, he is seen grabbing Bremner's shirt. The image is seen as one of the most iconic in UK football although Mackay hated it as it portrayed him as a bully. Mackay stated he reacted in the manner he did since Bremner targeted Mackay's left leg (the one he had broken twice) even though this leg was furthest away from Bremner.<ref name="bb">{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/11446207/Why-Dave-Mackay-hated-the-picture-of-him-confronting-Billy-Bremner.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/11446207/Why-Dave-Mackay-hated-the-picture-of-him-confronting-Billy-Bremner.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Why Dave Mackay hated the picture of him confronting Billy Bremner | work=The Telegraph|date=3 March 2015 | access-date=3 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Tottenham won the [[1967 FA Cup Final]] beating Chelsea 2–1 for a third success in that tournament with Mackay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spursmemorabilia.co.uk/1967.html|title=SPURS MEMORABILIA - 1967 FA Cup Final|website=spursmemorabilia.co.uk|access-date=16 June 2017|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310075849/http://www.spursmemorabilia.co.uk/1967.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the subsequent [[1967 FA Charity Shield|Charity Shield]], Spurs drew 3–3 with Manchester United in a match remembered for goalkeeper [[Pat Jennings]] scoring with a kick from his own penalty area.<ref name=char67>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACommunityShield/History.aspx |title=The FA Community Shield history |publisher=The Football Association |access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

Mackay made 268 league appearances for Tottenham.<ref name=11v11>{{cite web | url=http://www.11v11.com/players/dave-mackay-28324/ | title=Dave Mackay |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises | access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=nfm/> With Mackay Spurs won one league championship, three FA Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup and two FA Charity Shields as well as the 1967 Charity Shield that they shared because of the draw. None of these trophies were won in the two seasons affected by Mackay's lengthy injury due to his leg break. [[Brian Clough]] claimed in 2003 that Mackay was Tottenham Hotspur's greatest ever player.<ref name=fourfourtwo/>

===Derby County===
[[File:Dave Mackay Memorial, Derby County FC (geograph 4846932).jpg|thumb|150px|Dave Mackay Memorial, Derby County FC, unveiled in 2015]]

Aged 33, at the start of the 1968–69 season he transferred to [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] for £5,000. [[Brian Clough]] and [[Peter Taylor (footballer born 1928)|Peter Taylor]] persuaded him to sign. In his first season at the [[Baseball Ground]], in which the club gained [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], he was chosen [[FWA Footballer of the Year]], jointly with [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'s [[Tony Book]].<ref name=dcfcobit/> When he was a player at Derby County, Clough made Mackay play in a sweeping role and used his influence on the team to encourage them to turn defence into attack through a passing game. He left Derby in 1971, a year before they won the First Division title.

===Swindon Town===
Aged 36, he joined [[Swindon Town]] in 1971 as [[player/manager]] where he stayed one season before he retired as a player and focused solely on management.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-derbyshire-31629537 | title = BBC Local Live: Derbyshire| work = BBC News | date = 3 March 2015 | access-date = 3 March 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Aged 22, Mackay made his debut for Scotland on 26 May 1957 in a qualifying game for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]], against [[Spain national football team|Spain]] at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Bernabéu Stadium]] in Madrid. Scotland qualified for the tournament in Sweden, with Mackay playing a single game, on 15 June 1958, against [[France national football team|France]]; a 2–1 defeat at the [[Eyravallen]] Stadium in [[Örebro]]. He first captained his country in his third international, on 18 October 1958, in a 3–0 away win against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in the [[British Home Championship]]s. The first four of his full caps were when he was with Hearts. The remainder were when he was with Tottenham. The first of his four international goals was in a friendly game at the [[Prater Stadium]] in Vienna on 29 May 1960 in a 3–1 away defeat to [[Austria national football team|Austria]].<ref name="scotfa">{{SFA Profile|id=112926|name=Dave Mackay}}</ref>

His 15th cap was the disastrous 9–3 defeat at Wembley to England in April 1961;.<ref name="scot65res"/> Mackay then spent two years out of the side, with [[Jim Baxter]] and [[Paddy Crerand]] usually being the preferred half back pairing. Mackay was recalled two years later in April 1963, again versus England at Wembley, but this time Scotland won 2–1. In his two years out the team Mackay missed the entire qualification campaign for the 1962 FIFA World Cup (Scotland were eliminated in a play off by the eventual tournament runners-up, [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]). Mackay had been incumbent in the half back line for three straight games leading up to the game for Spurs in December 1963 in which he broke his leg.

He made 22 national appearances, his last coming on 2 October 1965, again in the British Home Championships, a 3–2 away defeat to [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]].<ref name="scot65res">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1965.html |title=Scotland – International Matches 1961–1965 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |last2=Tossani |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> His last cap was the only one he collected after the leg break.<ref name="scotfa"/>

== Managerial career ==
In 1971 Mackay was appointed [[player-manager]] of [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] but left after just one season to take charge of [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]. He remained at the [[City Ground]] until October 1973, when he returned to Derby as manager following Clough's resignation. In his first season Derby finished third in the table. In his second season in charge of Derby, he guided the team to the [[1974–75 in English football|1974–75]] league title.<ref name=bbcobit/> The [[1975–76 in English football|following season]], he managed the club to a respectable fourth-place finish in the league, the semi-finals of the FA Cup,<ref name=dcfcobit/> and a second-round exit to [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] in the [[1975–76 European Cup]]. Having beaten them 4–1 in the first leg, a weakened Derby side were beaten 5–1 in the return leg.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jan/20/derby-county-title-win-rob-smyth | title=The forgotten story of ... Derby's second league title | work=The Guardian | date=20 January 2009 | access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> At one stage the side had been in the running for the Double. Mackay was sacked in November 1976 after a poor start to the [[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]] season.

Mackay then had a spell as [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] manager from March 1977 to August 1978. This was followed by nine years coaching in [[Kuwait]]. He returned to the UK and was appointed manager of [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] in 1987,<ref name=fourfourtwo>{{Cite web | url = http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/dave-mackay-one-one | work = [[FourFourTwo]] | title = Dave Mackay: One-on-One | date = 1 May 2009 | first = Mat | last = Snow | access-date = 3 March 2015}}</ref> a year after being linked with the [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] manager's job (which ultimately went to [[Andy Roxburgh]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Fergie steps down. The other contenders|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YNJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6630,3393659|access-date=2 March 2015|work=[[Evening Times]]|date=16 June 1986}}</ref> Mackay's reign at [[Belle Vue (football)|Belle Vue]] lasted until March 1989<ref name=Ferris2013/> before he moved to [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], who had just been relegated to the third tier of the league for the first time in their history. His task was simple&nbsp;– to get Birmingham promoted to the Second Division. But he was unsuccessful in trying to achieve this and resigned in 1991. After that, Mackay headed to Africa to manage Egyptian club [[Zamalek SC]], a [[Cairo]] based football team, with which he won the [[Egyptian Premier League]] two times, in both the seasons he was manager.<ref name=Ferris2013/> He then spent a further three years in [[Qatar]], managing the [[Qatar national football team]], before retiring from football altogether in 1997.<ref name=fourfourtwo/>

==Legacy==
[[File:George best 1976.jpg|thumb|150px|[[George Best]] (pictured) praised Mackay as both the hardest and bravest opponent he ever faced]]

In 2004 ''The Real Mackay'' was published, an autobiography written with [[Martin Knight (author)|Martin Knight]].<ref>{{Cite book | title = The Real Mackay: The Dave Mackay Story | id = {{ASIN|1845960432|country=uk}} }}</ref> Mackay had previously published ''Soccer My Spur'' in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soccer-My-Spur-Mackay-Dave/dp/B002PIPF32/ | access-date = 3 March 2015| title = Soccer My Spur| via = Amazon UK| date = January 1962}}</ref>

Mackay was made an inaugural inductee of the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game as both a player and manager,<ref name=nfm/> Two years later, he was an inaugural inductee of the [[Scottish Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave MacKay|url=http://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/dave-mackay-1934/|website=Scottish Football Hall of Fame|publisher=The Scottish Football Museum|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> In 2006, he also became an inaugural inductee of the [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] Hall of Fame in recognition of his success as a player in the 1950s. In 2013, Mackay was one of eleven British football stars chosen by [[Royal Mail]] to feature on a set of stamps marking the 150th anniversary of [[The Football Association]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Royal Mail's best of British football stamps for FA's 150th anniversary: in pictures |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/9855530/Royal-Mails-best-of-British-football-stamps-for-FAs-150th-anniversary-in-pictures.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/9855530/Royal-Mails-best-of-British-football-stamps-for-FAs-150th-anniversary-in-pictures.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=3 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Mackay appears as a character in [[David Peace]]'s novel ''[[The Damned Utd]]'', a fictionalised account of Brian Clough's time as manager of Derby County and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]. In the film adaptation of the book, ''[[The Damned United]]'', Mackay is played by [[Brian McCardie]]. Mackay successfully took legal action against the makers of the film over its inaccurate portrayal of the events surrounding Clough's departure from Derby and Mackay's appointment.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGivern|first1=Mark|title=Football legend Dave Mackay wins legal action over portrayal in movie The Damned United|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/football-legend-dave-mackay-wins-1054186|access-date=3 March 2015|work=Daily Record|date=25 March 2010}}</ref>

[[George Best]] (1946–2005), of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], one of Tottenham's fiercest rivals in the 1960s, described Mackay as "the hardest man I have ever played against&nbsp;– and certainly the bravest".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/|title=The Times & The Sunday Times}}</ref>

Mackay died on 2 March 2015 at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/02/dave-mackay-scotland-tottenham-hearts |title=Dave Mackay of Scotland, Hearts, Tottenham and Derby, dies aged 80 |work=The Guardian |date=2 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> Heart of Midlothian stated "It is with deep regret that we have to advise of the death of Dave Mackay who was possibly the most complete midfield player that Scotland has ever produced".<ref>{{cite news|title=DAVE MACKAY: 1934&nbsp;– 2015|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/4208|access-date=3 March 2015|publisher=Heart of Midlothian F.C.|date=3 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100918/http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/4208|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tottenham wrote in an obituary "Dave Mackay will certainly always be remembered here as one of our greatest ever players and a man who never failed to inspire those around him. In short, a Spurs legend".<ref>{{cite news|title=DAVE MACKAY|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/dave-mackay-020315/|access-date=3 March 2015|publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|date=2 March 2015}}</ref> His coffin was brought into his funeral by [[John Robertson (footballer, born 1964)|John Robertson]] and [[Gordon Marshall (footballer, born 1939)|Gordon Marshall]] (ex-Hearts), [[Pat Jennings]] and [[Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)|Cliff Jones]] (ex-Tottenham) and [[Roy McFarland]] and [[John McGovern (footballer)|John McGovern]] (ex-Derby). A eulogy was given by [[Alex Ferguson]].<ref name=funeral>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OexlmUrYK8 "FOOTBALL REMEMBERS DAVE MACKAY" 24 March 2015]</ref>

After his sacking at Derby County there was a cutting in [[Norman Stanley Fletcher]]'s cell ''Mackay Sacked'' in ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'' which was a joke to Mr. Mackay.

==Career statistics==
===International appearances===
{{updated|4 March 2019}}<ref name="scotfa"/><ref name="scot65res"/><ref name = "scotland 1960">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1960.html |title=Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |last2=Tossani |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center"
|+ International statistics
|-
! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="7"|[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|1957||1||0
|-
|1958||3||0
|-
|1959||4||0
|-
|1960||6||1
|-
|1961||1||1
|-
|1963||6||2
|-
|1965||1||0
|-
! colspan=2|Total!!22!!4
|}

===International goals===
{{updated|4 March 2019}}<ref name = "scotfa"/><ref name="scot65res"/><ref name = "scotland 1960"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Cap
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|{{dts|29 May 1960}}||[[Prater Stadium]], [[Vienna]] ||align=center|10 ||{{fb|AUT}}||align=center|1–4||align=center|1–4||[[Friendly match]]
|-
!scope=row|2
|{{dts|15 April 1961}}||[[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] ||align=center|15 ||{{fb|ENG}}||align=center|1–3||align=center|3–9||[[1960–61 British Home Championship]]
|-
!scope=row|3
|{{dts|7 November 1963}}||[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] ||align=center|20 ||{{fb|NOR}}||align=center|4–1||align=center|6–1||[[Friendly match]]
|-
!scope=row|4
|{{dts|7 November 1963}}||[[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] ||align=center|20 ||{{fb|NOR}}||align=center|5–1||align=center|6–1||[[Friendly match]]
|-
|}

===Managerial record===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: left"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure<ref name="ENFA manager">{{cite web |url=https://www.enfa.co.uk/managersearch.php |title=Manager search: Mackay, DC (Dave) |website=English National Football Archive (ENFA) |access-date=2 April 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
|1 November 1971{{efn|Mackay signed for Swindon in May 1971 as [[player-manager]], but he would not manage while [[Fred Ford (footballer)|Fred Ford]] was still under contract. When Ford was sacked in November 1971, Mackay took over.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.townenders.com/profile.php?person_code=MACKAYDA |title=Player-manager profile: Dave Mackay |website=TownEnders |publisher=Richard Banyard |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>}}
|1 November 1972
{{WDL|45|14|13|18|decimals=1}}
|-
|[[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
|2 November 1972
|23 October 1973
{{WDL|44|12|15|17|decimals=1}}
|-
|[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]
|23 October 1973
|25 November 1976
{{WDL|165|74|47|44|decimals=1}}
|-
|[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]
|9 March 1977
|5 August 1978
{{WDL|72|30|27|15|decimals=1}}
|-
|[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]
|7 December 1987
|17 March 1989
{{WDL|67|15|16|36|decimals=1}}
|-
|[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
|26 April 1989
|23 January 1991
{{WDL|91|34|27|30|decimals=1}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|484|179|145|160|decimals=1}}
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Heart of Midlothian'''
*[[Scottish League Division One]]: [[1957–58 in Scottish football|1957–58]]<ref name=fourfourtwo/>
*[[Scottish Cup]]: [[1955–56 in Scottish football|1955–56]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hearts realise a dream of half a century|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/mrep/19560421001.htm|access-date=7 July 2014|work=The Scotsman|date=23 April 1956}}</ref>
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1954–55 in Scottish football|1954–55]],<ref>{{cite web|title=First major trophy win for 48 years|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/mrep/19541023001.htm|work=The Scotsman|access-date=3 March 2015|date=25 October 1954}}</ref> [[1958–59 in Scottish football|1958–59]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Most accomplished team in Scotland&nbsp;– Hearts' win a formality|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/mrep/19581025001.htm|work=The Scotsman|access-date=3 March 2015|date=27 October 1958}}</ref>

'''Tottenham Hotspur'''
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]]<ref name="bbcobit">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/31704507 | title=Dave Mackay: Scotland and Tottenham legend dies aged 80 | work=BBC Sport| access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1960–61 FA Cup|1960–61]], [[1961–62 FA Cup|1961–62]], [[1966–67 FA Cup|1966–67]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=491}}</ref><ref name=bbcobit/>
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1961 FA Charity Shield|1961]], [[1962 FA Charity Shield|1962]], [[1967 FA Charity Shield|1967]] (shared)
*[[European Cup Winner's Cup]]: [[1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|1962–63]]<ref name=bbcobit/>

'''Derby County'''
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1968–69 Football League|1968–69]]<ref name=bbcobit/>
*[[Watney Cup]]: 1970<ref name="dcfcobit">{{cite web | url=http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/dave-mackay-2309055.aspx | title=Derby County is saddened to learn that former Rams player and manager Dave Mackay has passed away at the age of 80. | publisher=Derby County F.C. | access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>

'''Scotland national team'''
*[[British Home Championship]]: [[1962–63 British Home Championship|1962–63]], [[1963–64 British Home Championship|1963–64]] (shared)<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112926&lid=1 | title = A Squad: DAVE MACKAY | publisher = [[Scottish FA]] | access-date = 21 April 2023 }}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Derby County'''
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1974–75 Football League|1974–75]]<ref name=bbcobit/>
*[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1975 FA Charity Shield|1975]]<ref name=dcfcobit/>

'''Zamalek'''
*[[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[1991–92 Egyptian Premier League|1991–92]], [[1992–93 Egyptian Premier League|1992–93]]<ref name="Ferris2013">{{cite book|author=Ken Ferris|title=The Double: The Inside Story of Spurs' Triumphant 1960-61 Season|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekNrzKJT0BoC&pg=PA50|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=978-1-78057-803-3|pages=50–}}</ref>

'''Al-Arabi'''
*[[Kuwaiti Premier League|Kuwait League]]: 5 (1979/1980 - 1981/1982 - 1982/1983 - 1983/1984 - 1984/1985)
*[[Kuwait Emir Cup]]: 2 (1980/1981 - 1982/1983)
* Kuwait FA Cup: 1 (1978/1979)
* GulfCup Clubs: 1 (1983)
* Kuwait Joint League: 1 (1984/1985)

==See also==
*[[List of English football championship winning managers]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{cite book | title= The real Mackay : the Dave Mackay story | author=Dave Mackay and [[Martin Knight (author)|Martin Knight]] | isbn= 1-84018-840-5 | year = 2004}}
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/mackaydave.html Dave Mackay Hearts Career Record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013180800/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/mackaydave.html |date=13 October 2012 }}
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/davidcraigmackay.html Dave Mackay Scotland Record]
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/davemackay.html Dave Mackay Scotland Football League Record]
* [http://www.davemackayclubties.co.uk/history.htm Dave Mackay Profile]
* [http://archive.mehstg.com/dave_mackay_obit.htm MEHSTG Dave Mackay obituary]

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