David Calderhead
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Calderhead | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1864 | ||
| Place of birth | Hurlford, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 9 January 1938 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | London, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre-Half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wishaw Swifts | |||
| – | Wishaw Thistle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1881–1889 | Queen of the South Wanderers | ||
| 1889–1900 | Notts County | 278 | (12) |
| 1900–1901 | Lincoln City | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1889 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1900–1907 | Lincoln City | ||
| 1907–1933 | Chelsea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Calderhead (19 June 1864, in Hurlford, – 9 January 1938 in London) was a Scottish footballer who later became a manager, notably of Chelsea.
Calderhead was a central defender and played for various clubs, including Dumfries team Queen of the South Wanderers. Calderhead won a Scotland cap, in a 7–0 win against Ireland at Ibrox in the British Home Championship in March 1889. This attracted Notts County. With County he played in 2 FA Cup finals.
The Blackburn Rovers side of Thomas Mitchell were 3–1 winners in 1891. Calderhead got his hands on the trophy in 1894 after a 4–1 victory over Bolton Wanderers.
He then moved into management, taking over at Lincoln City in 1900. In leading his side to a shock replayed win over Chelsea in the first round of 1906–07 FA Cup, he impressed the west London club's board enough for them to appoint him manager later that year. Norrie Fairgray made the same move in the same year to play for Calderhead at both clubs.
Calderhead was Chelsea's first full-time secretary-manager and spent almost 26 years at the club, making him the club's longest-serving manager. In his time there, the team were relegated twice, in 1909–10 and subsequently re-promoted as Second Division runners-up.
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