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Dave Shearer

Dave Shearer

Scottish footballer (1958–2022)

For other people named Dave or David Shearer, see David Shearer (disambiguation).

David John Shearer (16 October 1958 – 3 July 2022)[3] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Although he had trials with Greenock Morton as a teenager, Shearer continued to play locally in his home Fort William area in the Scottish North West Highlands, before signing as a part time professional with senior Inverness-based football club Clachnacuddin in the Highland Football League. His other professional clubs, all in the English Football League, included Middlesbrough, Scunthorpe United and Gillingham.[4]

He made over 230 Football League appearances. He was the older brother of fellow former professional and Highland Football League player Duncan Shearer.

References

  1. [1]
    "David Shearer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. [3]
    "Former Gillingham striker Dave Shearer dies at the age of 63". /www.kentonline.co.uk.
  4. [4]
    Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.


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