Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Baird | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1869 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 19 March 1946 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Lasswade, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Dalry Primrose | ||
1887–1888 | St Bernard's | ||
1888–1903 | Heart of Midlothian | 140 | (54) |
1903–1904 | Motherwell | 1 | (0) |
Total | 141 | (54) | |
International career | |||
1890–1892 [1] | Scotland | 3 | (1) |
1893–1894 [2] | Scottish League XI | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Baird (4 March 1869 – 19 March 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian, Motherwell and Scotland. [3] [4] Baird won the Scottish Cup three times with Hearts, playing in three different positions in each of the finals ( 1891, 1896 and 1901), though he was most commonly deployed as an outside forward. [5] After retiring as a player in 1904, Baird was a director of Hearts between 1926 and 1936. [3]