David Sturrock

David Sturrock
Personal information
Full name David Sturrock
Date of birth (1938-02-22)22 February 1938
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 2022
Position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955?–1960? Dundee United 83 (20)
1960?–1961? Accrington Stanley 17 (5)
1961?– Bedford Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Sturrock (22 February 1938 – 2022) was a Scottish footballer, who played as an inside forward in the Scottish Football League and the English Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.

Sturrock began a five-year spell with local club Dundee United in the mid-1950s, joining English side Accrington Stanley for the 1960/61 season. He is reported as having made a total of 26 appearances for Accrington (scoring 7 goals), before moving to Southern League side Bedford Town. Sturrock moved back to his hometown of Dundee following the end of his playing career.

Dundee United announced in December 2022 that Sturrock had recently died.

References

  1. ↑ "David Sturrock". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 David Sturrock at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. 1 2 Struthers, Greg (16 April 2006). "Caught in Time: Accrington Stanley resign from the Football League, 1962". The Times. London. Retrieved 14 September 2008.[dead link]
  4. ↑ "David Sturrock 1938-2022". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 23 December 2022.