Stewart Davidson

Stewart Davidson

Personal information
Full name	Stewart Davidson
Date of birth	1 June 1889
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death	26 December 1960(1960-12-26) (aged 71)
Place of death	East Ham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Positions	Right half outside right
Youth career
	Shamrock
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1905–1913	Aberdeen	101	(1)
1913–1923	Middlesbrough	208	(4)
1917	→ Aberdeen (loan)	3	(0)
1923–1926	Aberdeen	32	(0)
1926–1927	Forres Mechanics
Total		344	(5)
International career
1921	Scotland	1	(0)
Managerial career
1926–1931	Forres Mechanics
1932–1939	Kent F.A.
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart Davidson (1 June 1889 – 26 December 1960) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half for Aberdeen and Middlesbrough.

Early and personal life

Davidson was born in Aberdeen on 1 April 1889. He worked as a legal clerk.

Career

After playing for Aberdeen, Davidson was signed by Middlesbrough manager Tom Mcintosh on 17 April 1913 for a fee of £675. He played 76 league games across two seasons prior to the outbreak of World War One. During the war, Davidson played as a wartime guest player for Manchester City, and although wounded during the war, was able to continue his football career after the end of the war in 1918. He became Middlesbrough club captain in 1920, and earned his first and only cap for Scotland against England in 1921.

In summer 1923, Davidson was deemed surplus to requirements at Middlesbrough and returned to his former club Aberdeen. He was later player-manager of Forres Mechanics and coached for the Kent F.A., before became assistant manager to ex-teammate Billy Birrell at Chelsea from 1939 to 1957.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1905–06	Scottish Division One	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1906–07		4	0	0	0	4	0
	1907–08		7	1	0	0	7	1
	1908–09		8	0	0	0	8	0
	1909–10		19	0	1	0	20	0
	1910–11		7	0	4	0	11	0
	1911–12		24	0	5	0	29	0
	1912–13		31	0	1	0	32	0
	Total		101	1	11	0	112	1
Middlesbrough	1913–14	First Division	30	1	1	0	31	1
	1914–15		36	0	1	0	37	0
	1915–16	Official English football disrupted by the First World War
	Total		66	1	2	0	68	1
Aberdeen (loan)	1916–17	Scottish Division One	3	0	-	-	3	0
Middlesbrough	1917–18	Official English football disrupted by the First World War
	1918–19
	1919–20	First Division	42	1	2	0	44	1
	1920–21		37	0	1	0	38	0
	1921–22		41	2	1	0	42	2
	1922–23		22	0	2	0	24	0
	Total		142	3	6	0	148	3
Aberdeen	1923–24	Scottish Division One	26	0	6	0	32	0
	1924–25		6	0	0	0	6	0
	1925–26		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		32	0	6	0	38	0
Aberdeen total			136	1	17	0	153	1
Middlesbrough total			208	4	8	0	216	4
Career total			344	5	25	0	369	5

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1921	1	0
Total		1	0