Danny Trainor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Trainor | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 1974 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Distillery | 0 | (0) |
| 1962–1963 | Coleraine | ? | (?) |
| 1963–1968 | Crusaders | ? | (?) |
| 1967 | Detroit Cougars (guest) | 7 | (2) |
| 1968 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | (3) |
| 1968–1970 | Waterford | ? | (12) |
| 1970–1972 | St. Patrick's Athletic | ? | (3) |
| 1972–1974 | Drogheda United | ? | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1965–1967 | Northern Ireland Amateur | 2 | (0) |
| 1967 | Northern Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1967 | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Danny Trainor (12 July 1944 – 10 August 1974) was a Northern Irish international footballer.
Trainor's early career had seen spells with Lisburn Distillery and Coleraine before he joined Crusaders as a wing-half. It was in that role that he played in a 6–0 County Antrim Shield win over Larne in 1965. That same season he also played in the Gold Cup Final – a match lost 5–2 to Derry City.
In 1967–68, Trainor scored over thirty goals, including the strike in the 1967–68 Irish Cup final revenge over Glentoran.
Trainor guested for the Detroit Cougars in 1967. He had a goal controversially ruled out as off-side late on in the opening match, a 1–1 draw with Boston Shamrock Rovers. In the second match Trainor did score after just two minutes of a match against Sunderland (playing as Vancouver Royal Canadians) as the Cougars claimed another highly credible 1–1 draw. His only other goal of the tour was in a 6–1 humiliation by ADO Den Haag (aka San Francisco Golden Gate Gales) who included future Rangers manager Dick Advocaat among their goalscorers. Finally, Trainor's tour was brought to a premature close as he was sent-off for fighting during a 0–0 draw with Stoke City (playing as Cleveland Stokers).
A season back in the Irish League brought Trainor a second Irish Cup success as Crusaders, again the underdogs, shocked favourites Linfield with a 2–0 victory in the final at The Oval. With that, Trainor left Seaview behind, moving to English Third Division side, Plymouth Argyle. He never really settled in English football, the goalscoring touch that had made him such a threat in the Irish League deserting him as he scored just three times for the Pilgrims.
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