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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|his son, also a football player and manager|David Calderhead Jr.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = David Calderhead
| image               = File:Notts county 1894 (Calderhead).jpg
| fullname            = David Calderhead
| height              = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1864|6|19|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Hurlford]], Scotland
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1938|1|9|1864|6|19}}
| death_place         = [[London]], England
| position            = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre half]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthyears2 = 
| youthclubs1 = Wishaw Swifts
| youthclubs2 = [[Wishaw Thistle F.C.|Wishaw Thistle]]
| years1 = 1881–1889 
| years2 = 1889–1900 
| years3 = 1900–1901
| clubs1 = [[Queen of the South Wanderers F.C.|Queen of the South Wanderers]]
| clubs2 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] 
| clubs3 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 278  
| caps3 = 2   
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 12  
| goals3 = 0 
| nationalyears1 = 1889
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1  
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
| nationalyears2= 1891<ref>[https://www.11v11.com/matches/football-alliance-v-football-league-20-april-1891-248234/ Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891], 11v11.com</ref>
| nationalteam2= [[Football League XI]]
| nationalcaps2= 1
| nationalgoals2= 0
| manageryears1 = 1900–1907 
| manageryears2 = 1907–1933
| managerclubs1 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] 
| managerclubs2 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
}}
'''David Calderhead''' (19 June 1864 – 9 January 1938) was a Scottish [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (association football)|manager]]. Calderhead played for [[Queen of the South Wanderers F.C.|Queen of the South Wanderers]], [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] and [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]. He won the [[FA Cup]] with Notts County in 1894 and was capped once for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], in 1889. He then became a manager, working for [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] (1900–1907) and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] (1907–1933).

==Playing career==
Calderhead was a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre half]] and played for various clubs, including [[Dumfries]] team [[Queen of the South Wanderers F.C.|Queen of the South Wanderers]] (not to be confused with [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]], formed in 1919).<ref>[https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/queenofthesouthwanderers.html Scotland Football Records {{!}} Clubs played for {{!}} Queen of the South Wanderers], London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 21 February 2022</ref> He won one [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] [[Cap (sport)|cap]], in a 7–0 win against [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]] at [[Ibrox Park (1887–1899)|the first Ibrox Park]] in the [[British Home Championship]] in March 1889; this attracted [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]].

With Notts County he played in two [[FA Cup]] finals:<ref name=autogeneratedqoshist>[http://qosfc.com/history David Calderhead in the QoS Club History]</ref><ref name = "qos">{{Cite web |url=http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=612 |title="David Calderhead" full career profile on www.qosfc.com |access-date=2 May 2011 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402034742/http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=612 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Blackburn Rovers]] side of [[Thomas Mitchell (football manager)|Thomas Mitchell]] were 3–1 winners in [[1891 FA Cup Final|1891]],<ref name = "qos" /><ref name=autogeneratedoakes>[http://qosfc.com/AboutQueens/QueensLegends/tabid/115/Default.aspx David Calderhead in the 1891 Blackburn Rovers v Notts County FA Cup final in the profile on Jackie Oakes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917025553/http://qosfc.com/AboutQueens/QueensLegends/tabid/115/Default.aspx |date=September 17, 2009 }}</ref> but Calderhead got his hands on the trophy in [[FA Cup Final 1894|1894]] after a 4–1 victory over [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].<ref name = "qos" />

==Management career==
He then moved into management, taking over at [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] in 1900. In leading his side to a shock replayed win over Chelsea in the first round of [[1906-07 in English football|1906–07]] FA Cup, he impressed the west [[London]] club's board enough for them to appoint him manager later that year. [[Norrie Fairgray]] made the same move in the same year to play for Calderhead at both clubs.<ref name = "qos" /><ref name=autogeneratedferg>[http://qosfc.com/AboutQueens/QueensLegends/tabid/115/Default.aspx David Calderhead and Chelsea in the profile on Willie ferguson] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917025553/http://qosfc.com/AboutQueens/QueensLegends/tabid/115/Default.aspx |date=September 17, 2009 }}</ref>

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 [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] in [[1909-10 in English football|1909–10]] and promoted back to the First Division in [[1911–12 Chelsea F.C. season|1911–12]]. Calderhead took Chelsea to their first FA Cup final, in [[FA Cup Final 1915|1915]], but in a match overshadowed by the [[World War I|First World War]] they were beaten by [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] 0–3 at Old Trafford. During the war, Chelsea won the unofficial [[Football Combination|London Combination]] twice, as well as the War Fund Cup.

The [[1919-20 in English football|1919–20]] season was Chelsea's most successful under Calderhead, finishing 3rd in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] and reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, where they lost to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]].<ref name = "qos" /> The club were relegated again in [[1923–24 Chelsea F.C. season|1923–24]] and, after a succession of near-misses,  the side of [[Willie Ferguson]], [[Tommy Law]] and [[Andrew Wilson (footballer born 1896)|Andy Wilson]] were promoted again in [[1929–30 Chelsea F.C. season|1929–30]].<ref name = "qos" /><ref name=autogeneratedferg /> [[1931-32 in English football|1931–32]] brought a further FA Cup semi final. [[Tommy Lang (footballer, born 1906)|Tommy Lang]] inspired Newcastle to a 2-goal lead and despite Gallacher pulling a goal back, Newcastle progressed to the final.<ref name = "qos" /><ref name=autogeneratedferg />

Calderhead was notoriously shy of the media, earning the nickname "[[The Sphinx]] of [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]]".<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/history/more-history/former-managers/david-calderhead1|work=chelseafc.com|title=David Calderhead|accessdate=19 January 2022}}</ref> Nevertheless, ''[[The Times]]'' described him as "one of the managers who started the fashion of paying huge transfer fees and was responsible for bringing many celebrated players to Stamford Bridge, including [[Hughie Gallacher|[Hughie] Gallacher]] and [[Alex Jackson (footballer born 1905)|[Alex] Jackson]]."<ref name="official"/> Gallacher, Jackson and [[Alec Cheyne]] were purchased for a combined £30,000 in the summer of 1930. In March 1910, in an (unsuccessful) bid to stave off relegation, Calderhead's Chelsea spent the then-considerable sum of £3000 on new players.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glanvill |first=Rick |title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years |publisher=Headline Book Publishing Ltd |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7553-1466-9 |page=174}}</ref> Despite the big spending on glamorous players, the club failed to win a major trophy during Calderhead's tenure.

Calderhead holds the record at Chelsea for managing games – 966.<ref name=autogeneratedferg /> 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.<ref name = "qos" />

His son, also called [[David Calderhead, Jr.|David]], played for Chelsea while his father was manager and later took charge of Lincoln City.<ref name = "qos" />

==Managerial statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"			
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}	
|-
|align=left|[[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
|align=left|1 August 1900
|align=left|1 August 1907
{{WDL|256|89|53|114}}
|-
|align=left|[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align=left|1 August 1907
|align=left|8 May 1933
{{WDL|966|385|239|342}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|1222|474|292|456}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Notts County'''
*[[FA Cup]] 
**Winner: [[1894 FA Cup Final|1894]]
**Runner-up: [[1891 FA Cup Final|1891]]

===Manager===
'''Chelsea'''
*[[FA Cup]] runner up : [[1915 FA Cup Final|1915]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lincoln City F.C. managers}}
{{Chelsea F.C. managers}}

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