# Danny Paton
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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{for|the [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) 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[{{Hugman|15407|accessdate=20 April 2017}}]
| birth_date = 27 January 1936
| birth_place = [West Calder](/source/West_Calder), Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2011|03|10|1936|01|27}}
| death_place = [Livingston](/source/Livingston%2C_West_Lothian), Scotland
| position = [Inside forward](/source/Inside_forward)
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [Newtongrange Star](/source/Newtongrange_Star)
| years1 = 1957–1964
| clubs1 = [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.)
| caps1 = 51
| goals1 = 18
| years2 = 1964–1965
| clubs2 = [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.)
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 1
| years3 =1965–1969
| clubs3 = [Bedford Town](/source/Bedford_Town_F.C.)
| caps3 =223
| goals3 =58
| totalcaps = 276
| totalgoals = 77
}}
'''Robert Simpson Reid''' "'''Danny'''" '''Paton''' (27 January 1936 – 10 March 2011) was a Scottish [footballer](/source/association_football), who played for [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.) ("Hearts"), [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.) and [Bedford Town](/source/Bedford_Town_F.C.).
Paton was born in the coal-mining village of [Breich](/source/Breich).[{{cite news|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20110311/danny-paton_2241384_2313709|title=Danny Paton|publisher=[Heart of Midlothian F.C.](/source/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}}] He was a skilful, ball-playing [inside-forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) and featured in the Hearts side that won the [1962 Scottish League Cup Final](/source/1962_Scottish_League_Cup_Final).