David Sturrock (22 February 1938 – 2022) was a Scottish
footballer
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, who played as an
inside forward
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in the
Scottish Football League
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and the
English Football League
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in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sturrock began a five-year spell with local club
Dundee United
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in the mid-1950s, joining English side
Accrington Stanley
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for the
1960/61 season.
[ He is reported as having made a total of 26 appearances for Accrington (scoring 7 goals),][ before moving to Southern League side ]Bedford Town
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.[ Sturrock moved back to his hometown of Dundee following the end of his playing career.]
References
1938 births
2022 deaths
Footballers from Dundee
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Dundee United F.C. players
Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players
Bedford Town F.C. players
Men's association football inside forwards
Scottish men's footballers
20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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