Dave Ewing
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 May 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Logierait,Perthshire,Scotland | ||
Date of death | July 1999 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Manchester,England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Luncarty Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1962 | Manchester City | 279 | (1) |
1962–1964 | Crewe Alexandra | 48 | (0) |
1964–1965 | Ashton United | ||
Total | 327 | (1) | |
Managerial career | |||
1970–1971 | Hibernian | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dave Ewing(10 May 1929 – July 1999) was a Scottishfootballerwho played in thecentre halfposition forManchester CityandCrewe Alexandra,and briefly managedHibernian.
Career
[edit]Ewing was born inLogierait,Perthshirein May 1929. He was spotted playing for Luncarty Juniors byManchester City,and signed for the Mancunians on 10 June 1949.[2]However, it was another four years before he made his first team debut, againstManchester Unitedon 3 January 1953. Overall, he went on to make 279 appearances for City, scoring 1 goal.
Ewing played in the1955 FA Cup Finaland1956 FA Cup Final.Newcastle Unitedbeat City 3–1 in 1955, but the following year Ewing was on the winning side againstBirmingham City.City were 3–1 winners in a game made famous by the heroics ofBert Trautmannwho played on with a broken neck to help City lift the trophy. Last-ditch clearances were an important part of his game, but on occasion worked to his detriment; his tally of 10 own goals is a Manchester City record.[3]
His playing days at City ended when he joinedCrewe Alexandraat the end of the 1961–62 season and he played two seasons for the Cheshire side, adding another 48 appearances to his career total before leaving forAshton Unitedin the summer of 1964. He played one season with Ashton in the Midlands League before retiring from playing altogether.
Ewing took up a coaching role back at Manchester City before moving on in 1970, subsequently coaching atSheffield Wednesday,Bradford CityandCrystal Palace,[4]as well as becoming manager at Scottish sideHibernianduring the 1970–71 season.
Dave was signed up as Hibs' coach in September 1970 and whenWillie MacFarlaneresigned in early December the same year, he took over the next day. He didn't win any of his first eight matches but got the supporters on his side by re-signingJoe Bakerin January 1971.[5]
League form continued badly but Hibs reached the Scottish Cup semi-final drawing 0-0 with Rangers. For the replay he employed the motivational tactic of declaring "Rangers are rubbish", however, the opposition ran out 2-1 winners. Hibs finished 12th in theLeagueafter winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 9 under his rein. He left after a friendly match against Real Mallorca on 20 May 1971 which Hibs lost 2-1.
But it was at City, to where Ewing returned in 1973, that he had the most effect in his role of coach as he led the club's reserve team to their first everCentral Leaguetitle and oversaw the promotion of several talented youngsters into the City first team. When John Bond took overManchester Cityin October 1980, with his assistantJohn Bensonandcoach John SaintyDave was sacked along with youth team and goalkeeping coach Steve Fleet, who was responsible for developing city goalkeeping legend Alex Williams.
An uncompromising player with a huge frame and vocal encouragement to match, Ewing died at the age of 70 in 1999.
In the 1960s, he owned a small hardware shop inReddish,Stockport.
Honours
[edit]Manchester City
References
[edit]- ^"Dave Ewing".Barry Hugman's Footballers.Retrieved24 January2023.
- ^Penney, Ian (1995).The Maine Road Encyclopedia.Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 65.ISBN1-85158-710-1.
- ^Wallace, Dave (2007).Century City – Manchester City Football Club 1957/58.Leigh: King of the Kippax. p. 206.ISBN978-0-9557056-0-1.
- ^Brandon, Derek (1978).A–Z of Manchester Football: 100 Years of Rivalry.London: Boondoggle. p. 75.
- ^"Hibsprogrammes.co.uk".Archived fromthe originalon 12 November 2013.
- ^abVernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977).Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78.London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490.ISBN0354 09018 6.
External links
[edit]- Dave Ewingat Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Short biographyatarchive.today(archived 12 January 2013)
- 1929 births
- 1999 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Hibernian F.C. managers
- Footballers from Perth and Kinross
- Men's association football defenders
- Ashton United F.C. players
- Scottish Football League managers
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Luncarty F.C. players