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David McCulloch

David McCulloch
Personal information
Full name David McCulloch
Date of birth (1912-10-05)5 October 1912
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death 21 June 1979(1979-06-21) (aged 66)
Place of death East Kilbride, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Hamilton Amateurs
Shotts United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1934 Third Lanark
1934–1935 Hearts 57 (54)
1935–1938 Brentford 117 (85)
1938–1946 Derby County 31 (16)
1946–1947 Leicester City 4 (2)
1947–1949 Bath City
1949–1951 Waterford United 28 (24)
Total 209 (157)
National team
1934–1938 Scotland 7 (3)
1934 Scottish League XI 1 (1)
Teams managed
1951–1952 Alloa Athletic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

David McCulloch (5 October 1912 – 21 June 1979) was a Scottish footballer who played for several Scottish and English clubs in the 1930s, most notably Heart of Midlothian, Brentford, Derby County. He also represented Scotland at full international level.

McCulloch, a striker, began his senior career with Third Lanark, whom he joined from junior side Shotts United in 1932. After two years at Cathkin Park, he was signed by Hearts for £530, moving east at the same time as his Thirds team-mate John MacKenzie. His first season at Tynecastle was notable, as he scored 38 times (at an average of a goal per game) to top the First Division scoring charts. Such a goal-scoring ratio helped Hearts to both a third-place finish and increased attendances, although Double-winners Rangers proved too strong in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. Costs incurred by work to improve Tynecastle's facilities and capacity were proving a financial millstone and in November 1935, the Hearts board indicated that certain players were available for transfer. McCulloch was by this stage one of five Scotland players on the club's books, having made his debut against Wales a year earlier, and an obvious transfer target. After numerous expressions of interest from English clubs, McCulloch and international team-mate Alex Massie were sold to offset the debt, McCulloch joining London side Brentford for a club record incoming fee of £6,000.

McCulloch continued his prodigious scoring rate with the Bees and by the end of the 1938–39 season he had scored total of 178 goals from 234 league (English and Scottish) games. He also remained a Scotland regular, earning a further 6 caps during which he scored 3 goals, including 2 against Czechoslovakia in December 1937.


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