David Davison (born between April and June 1916) was an English

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who played as a

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, later becoming a manager. He played for Chelmsford City and

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

. After the war he coached

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

in the Netherlands and

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

in Germany. He was born in Wardley, County Durham. In March 1939 David Davison transferred as a 22 year old for a fee of £500 from Southern League side Chelmsford City to the

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club

. Before Davison's time at Chelmsford City, he had played for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

, Kingstonian and the old Chelmsford amateur club. After the war he was coaching the football team of the British forces in Germany. In July 1948, then aged 34, he was given the coaching position of

, a club of the eastern division of the Dutch

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where he succeeded player-coach Koldewey (who in turn was the successor of

Leslie Lievesley Leslie Lievesley (23 June 1911 – 4 May 1949) was an English football player and manager. During his playing career, his regular position was at full-back. Born in Staveley, Derbyshire, Lievesley started his career as an amateur with Rossing ...

who died as manager of '' Il Grande Torino'' at the Superga plane crash). In February 1949 he was sacked after an altercation with the ground-keeper, after the club had felt unhappy with his achievements anyway. Heracles finished the season as third of its league. In summer 1950 he was hired by

as successor to Alv Riemke. In November the club was just a couple of points outside the relegation zone of the

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, the southern division of Germany's highest football tier, and Davison was found out to have been involved in a pub brawl. As a consequence he was fired. Bayern finished the league as ninth. After interim solutions with former players and a

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, Max Schäfer, up to then with local rivals

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, became Bayern's manager for the 1951/52 season. Davison was a cousin of footballer Ned Barkas.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, David Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Heracles Almelo managers FC Bayern Munich managers Expatriate football managers in West Germany English expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers English football managers English expatriate football managers English football coaches 1916 births Possibly living people Footballers from Gateshead