{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{for|the Scotland player of the 1890s|Daniel Paton}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Paton | image = | fullname =Robert Simpson Reid Paton<ref>{{Hugman|15407|accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = 27 January 1936 | birth_place = West Calder, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2011|03|10|1936|01|27}} | death_place = Livingston, Scotland | position = Inside forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Newtongrange Star | years1 = 1957–1964 | clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian | caps1 = 51 | goals1 = 18 | years2 = 1964–1965 | clubs2 = Oxford United | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 1 | years3 =1965–1969 | clubs3 = Bedford Town | caps3 =223 | goals3 =58 | totalcaps = 276 | totalgoals = 77 }} '''Robert Simpson Reid''' "'''Danny'''" '''Paton''' (27 January 1936 – 10 March 2011) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Heart of Midlothian ("Hearts"), Oxford United and Bedford Town.
Paton was born in the coal-mining village of Breich.<ref name="hearts">{{cite news|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20110311/danny-paton_2241384_2313709|title=Danny Paton|publisher=Heart of Midlothian F.C. official website|date=11 March 2011|accessdate=11 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916230246/http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20110311/danny-paton_2241384_2313709|archivedate=16 September 2012}}</ref> He was a skilful, ball-playing inside-forward and featured in the Hearts side that won the 1962 Scottish League Cup Final.<ref name = "hearts"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paton, Danny}} Category:1936 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Footballers from West Lothian Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Category:Newtongrange Star F.C. players Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players Category:Oxford United F.C. players Category:Bedford Town F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:English Football League players Category:Cambridge City F.C. players Category:Washington Darts players Category:Atlanta Chiefs players Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:People from West Calder Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen