David McCrae

{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David McCrae | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = 23 February 1900 | birth_place = Bridge of Weir, Scotland | death_date = {{death year and age|1976|1900}} | death_place = Kilmacolm, Scotland<ref name=hof/> | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Kilmacolm Amateurs | years1 = 1923–1924 | clubs1 = Beith | caps1 = 8| goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1924–1934 | years3 = 1934 | years4 = 1934–1935 | clubs2 = St Mirren | clubs3 = New Brighton | clubs4 = Queen of the South | caps2 = 319 | caps3 = | caps4 = 6 | goals2 = 222 | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 2 |years5= 1935–1936 |clubs5= Darlington | caps5 = | goals5 = | totalcaps = 325 | totalgoals = 231 | nationalyears1 = 1929 | nationalteam1 = Scotland | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''David McCrae''' (23 February 1900 – 1976) was a Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.<ref name = "smith">{{harv|Smith|2013|p=176}}</ref>

After being signed after an impressive Scottish Cup performance as an opposition player with Beith,<ref name=hof>[http://www.stmirren.info/HoF/daviemccrae.html Hall of Fame | Davie McCrae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029142326/http://www.stmirren.info/HoF/daviemccrae.html |date=29 October 2019 }}, StMirren.info</ref> McCrae played club football for St Mirren, where he was all-time top scorer with 222 league goals and 251 in all competitions<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stmirren.info/id45.html |title=St Mirren Records |access-date=27 November 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231012/http://www.stmirren.info/id45.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scottops.html Scotland – List of Topscorers], RSSSF</ref> and won the Scottish Cup in 1926, scoring in the final.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sZhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2260%2C5550470 St Mirren's Victory | Celtic Lose Scottish Cup at Hampden], The Glasgow Herald, 12 April 1926</ref> McCrae later played club football for New Brighton, Queen of the South and Darlington.<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|first=John|last=Litster|work=Scottish Football Historian|date=October 2012}}</ref>

While at St Mirren, McCrae also earned two caps for Scotland in 1929.<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=113361}}</ref><ref>[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/davidmccrae.html Scotland player Davie McCrae], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref> His brother was fellow player James McCrae.

==Sources== *{{cite book | last=Smith | first=Paul |title=Scotland Who's Who | publisher=Pitch Publishing | year=2013 | isbn=9781909178847 }}

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