# David Affleck

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{{short description|Scottish footballer (1912–1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = David Affleck
| image               = 
| fullname            = David Roy Affleck
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1912|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Coylton](/source/Coylton), [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire), Scotland
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1984|8|11|1912|07|26|df=y}}
| death_place = [Stoke-sub-Hamdon](/source/Stoke-sub-Hamdon), [Somerset](/source/Somerset), England
| height              = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}<ref name="ABC" />
| position            = [Centre-half](/source/Midfielder_(football))
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Crosshouse Castle Rovers
| years1 = 1932–1934 | clubs1 = [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.)     | caps1 = 0  | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1934–1935 | clubs2 = [Bristol City](/source/Bristol_City_F.C.)     | caps2 = 3  | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1935–1937 | clubs3 = [Clapton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.)  | caps3 = 66 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1937–1939 | clubs4 = [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.)       | caps4 = 61 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1946–???? | clubs5 = [Yeovil Town](/source/Yeovil_Town_F.C.)       | caps5 = ?  | goals5 = ?
}}
'''David Roy Affleck''' (26 July 1912 – 11 August 1984) was a Scottish professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [centre-half](/source/Midfielder_(football)) for [Clapton Orient](/source/Clapton_Orient_F.C.) and [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.) in the 1930s.

==Playing career==
Affleck was born in [Coylton](/source/Coylton), [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire), on 26 July 1912 and played Scottish junior football with Crosshouse Castle Rovers.<ref name="Kaufman02">{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Neilson N |last2=Ravenhill |first2=Alan E |title=The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club |date=2002 |publisher=Tempus Publishing |isbn=0752424122 |page=10}}</ref> He joined [Notts County](/source/Notts_County_F.C.) in July 1932 but made no first team appearances before moving on to [Bristol City](/source/Bristol_City_F.C.) in May 1934. After a season with City he joined [Clapton Orient](/source/Clapton_Orient_F.C.) in July 1935, where he spent two seasons in the [Third Division South](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_South).<ref name="Kaufman02" />

Financial difficulties at Orient led to Affleck being sold to [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.) in May 1937,<ref name="Kaufman02" /> where he was recruited by [Tom Parker](/source/Tom_Parker_(footballer%2C_born_1897)) as part of his drive to strengthen the team in an attempt to gain promotion from [the Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division), along with [Frank Hill](/source/Frank_Hill) (from [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool_F.C.)), [Billy Bevis](/source/Billy_Bevis) (from [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.)) and [Ray Parkin](/source/Ray_Parkin_(footballer)) (from [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough_F.C.)).

After two seasons at [The Dell](/source/The_Dell_(Southampton_F.C.)), "his heading ability, coupled with some incisive tackling, reportedly attracted the attention of top London clubs, [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) and [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.)"<ref name= ABC>{{cite book |   first1=Duncan |last1=Holley |first2=Gary |last2=Chalk |   title=The Alphabet of the Saints|   publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |   year=1992|pages=10 |isbn=0-9514862-3-3}}</ref> but, unfortunately, [the war](/source/World_War_II) interrupted his career and prevented a move to a bigger club. Affleck joined the [Southampton](/source/Southampton) police reservists and, during the war, turned out for the Southampton Police XI as well as making sporadic appearances for The Saints in wartime matches.

When hostilities were over, he was 33 years old and joined non-league [Yeovil Town](/source/Yeovil_Town_F.C.). He was now a full-time policeman and remained in [Somerset](/source/Somerset) for the rest of his life. Affleck died on 11 August 1984.<ref name="Kaufman02" />

==References==
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Category:1912 births
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Category:Footballers from South Ayrshire
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Notts County F.C. players
Category:Bristol City F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English Football League players
Category:Scottish police officers
Category:Officers in English police forces
Category:People from Coylton
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen

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