Daniel Steel (2 May 1884 – 29 April 1931) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for clubs including Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Third Lanark, Dumbarton[1] and Clapton Orient.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Steel | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Newmilns, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 29 April 1931 (aged 46) | ||
| Place of death | Marylebone, England | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Newmilns | |||
| 1903–1904 | Airdrieonians | 0 | (0) |
| 1904–1906 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 1906–1912 | Tottenham Hotspur | 129 | (3) |
| 1912–1914 | Third Lanark | 47 | (1) |
| 1914 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1914–1916 | Clapton Orient | 23 | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editSteel played principally as a centre half, although in his initial appearances for Rangers he played at inside left. Notwithstanding his status as an inexperienced reserve player, the statistical summary of his time at Ibrox ranks among the worst of all those who have played a senior game for the club, with his six appearances including a 5–0 defeat to Partick Thistle in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, and heavy losses to Airdrieonians and Heart of Midlothian (5–0 and 5–1 respectively) in the opening months of the 1905–06 Scottish Division One season.[4]
Steel recovered from this setback, even after spending another two years in the background at Tottenham Hotspur following his move there in 1906, by going on to establish himself and make 141 appearances in all competitions for Spurs (scoring four goals) between 1908 and 1912[5] before he moved back to Scotland with Third Lanark.[6][7]
He joined Clapton Orient in December 1914 and featured in 23 matches.
International
editWhile at Tottenham, he was selected for the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match on three occasions (1908, 1910 and 1912) but never played for Scotland at full international level.[3]
Personal life
editHis younger brothers Bobby and Alex were also footballers, with Bobby also having a significant spell at Tottenham Hotspur; the three siblings played together in one Football League fixture against Bradford City in January 1910.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock – The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 248. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ (Rangers player) Steel, Daniel, FitbaStats
- ^ Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Danny Steel - fact file, My Eyes Have Seen The Glory
- ^ The Spurs Alphabet, Bob Goodwin; Lulu.com, 2017; ISBN 9780954043421
- ^ Tottenham On This Day: Three Brothers Play In The Same Spurs Team, Logan Holmes, Fansided, 29 January 2014
- ^ Hotspur Towers - Spurs Steel, Keith Harrison, India Spurs, 28 January 2016