Derek Spalding
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 December 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1977 | Hibernian | 74 | (1) |
| 1978–1982 | Chicago Sting | 119 | (15) |
| 1982–1983 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 4 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Toronto Blizzard | 34 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 51 | (10) |
| National team | |||
| 1982 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1990 | Chicago Power | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Derek Spalding (born 20 December 1954 in Dundee, Scotland) is a former soccer player, who played as a defender. Spalding played for Hibernian in the Scottish Football League until he emigrated to the United States in 1977. He then played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and at least two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team, in 1982.
Growing up in Scotland, Spalding signed with First Division club Hibernian as a youth player. He worked his way through the reserves before gaining a spot on the first team in 1972. Spalding played for Hibs in the 1974 Scottish League Cup Final, which Hibs lost 6–3 to Celtic.
He played with Hibs until he left Scotland to move to the United States. Spalding had married an American woman and therefore qualified for a green card. When he signed with the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1978, he counted as one of the team's American players. He played five seasons in Chicago, winning the 1981 NASL championship with the Sting. In 1983, he signed with the Toronto Blizzard and spent two seasons in Canada. In both 1983 and 1984, Spalding and his team mates went to the NASL championship, only to lose to the Tulsa Roughnecks in 1983 and the Sting in 1984.
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