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Davie Sneddon MBE
Personal information
Full name
David Sneddon[1]
Date of birth
(1936-04-24)24 April 1936
Place of birth
Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death
24 December 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 84)
Position(s)
Inside forward
Youth career
Kilwinning Rangers
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1954–1959
Dundee
60
(13)
1959–1962
Preston North End
91
(17)
1962–1967
Kilmarnock
113
(16)
1967–1971
Raith Rovers
91
(9)
Hurlford United
Total
355
(55)
International career
1958
Scotland U23
1
(0)
Managerial career
1977–1981
Kilmarnock
1982–1985
Stranraer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
David Sneddon MBE (24 April 1936 – 24 December 2020) was a Scottish football player and manager. His career is notable for managing Kilmarnock to their 1979 Tennent Caledonian Cup victory and also being part of the 1964–65 Scottish First Division winning Kilmarnock side.[2] Sneddon was capped once by the Scotland national under-23 football team.[3]
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours "for services to Kilmarnock Football Club and the
community in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire."[4][5] Sneddon died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 84.[6]
^"Davie Sneddon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^"Killie Manager History". Killiefc.com. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
^"David Sneddon". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^"2014 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^Davie Sneddon Kilmarnock FC legend
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