Duncan Ogilvie

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Duncan Ogilvie
Personal information
Full name Duncan Henderson Ogilvie
Date of birth 8 October 1911
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 6 May 1967(1967-05-06) (aged 55)
Place of death Blackpool, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Alva Albion Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1936[3] Motherwell 104 (34)
1936 Huddersfield Town 28 (4)
1936–1941 Motherwell 89 (38)
1941–1946 Falkirk 4 (0)
1946–1948 Hamilton Academical 15 (4)
1948–1949 Dundee United 18 (0)
International career
1933 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Duncan Henderson Ogilvie (8 October 1911 – 6 May 1967) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.

Born in the Shettleston district of Glasgow and raised mostly in Clackmannanshire,[1] Ogilvie began his senior career with Motherwell, newly crowned champions of the Scottish Football League, in 1932.[a] He initially had to wait until the departure of the older Johnny Murdoch to claim a regular place in the side, but quickly made an impact at Fir Park and also soon gained a Scotland cap against Austria in November 1933.[9][10] In March 1936, Ogilvie moved south to join Huddersfield Town[11] but before the end of the same year returned to Motherwell (where a John Ogilvie was also on the club's books)[a] in a swap deal for Willie MacFadyen.[12] Ogilvie appeared in the 1939 Scottish Cup Final, but the Steelmen lost 4–0 to Clyde.

Like many players, his career was interrupted by the Second World War and he concentrated on his engineering work during this time.[9][1] Indeed, in 1941, he moved to Falkirk to be closer to his home and remained there until December 1946 (making over 130 appearances, though all but four in unofficial wartime competitions),[13] before spending eighteen months with Hamilton Academical. A final playing season with Dundee United, which saw him playing in defence, followed before his retirement in 1950.[14] During the 1950s, Ogilvie returned to former club Falkirk as a director.[9]

Ogilvie died in May 1967, aged 55.[9][1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The MotherWELLnet website states that Duncan Ogilvie made 91 league appearances (35 goals) for Motherwell, with no season breakdown but acknowledging he had two spells at the club;[2] the 'Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database' splits this same total into spells with 19/8 and 72/27.[4] However, this would mean those 19 matches across four years were sufficient to impress Scotland into selecting him, and Huddersfield into signing him. MotherWELLnet lists John Ogilvie as making 105 league appearances (37 goals) between 1933 and 1939, with no breakdown by season, also stating that the two men were brothers which is not the case.[5] The 'Record of Pre-war Scottish League Players' files attribute almost all of these 196 appearances and 72 goals to Duncan (104/34 including 19/8 in 1932–33, and 89/38 including 72/27 between 1937–38 and 1938–39), listing only 3 appearances for John, all in the 1938–39 season.[6] The 'London Hearts Supporters Club' website has details of each opponent who played against Hearts, and this lists Duncan as having played for Motherwell in 9 league matches (plus another 7 in wartime),[7] while listing John as being involved in only one such match in September 1938 (in which Duncan also featured). Further evidence may be required to confirm the accuracy of these figures.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ a b Duncan Ogilvie, MotherWELLnet. Retrieved 11 February 2022
  3. ^ "Duncan Ogilvie" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  4. ^ Duncan Ogilvie at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. ^ John Ogilvie, MotherWELLnet. Retrieved 11 February 2022
  6. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Duncan Ogilvie Record vs Heart of Midlothian, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 11 February 2022
  8. ^ John Ogilvie Record vs Heart of Midlothian, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 11 February 2022
  9. ^ a b c d Duncan Ogilvie at the Scottish Football Association
  10. ^ (Scotland player) Duncan Ogilvie London Hearts Supporters Club
  11. ^ Ward, John. 99 Years and Counting.
  12. ^ "Through The years | 1930 – 1939". Motherwell FC. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  13. ^ Duncan Ogilvie, Better Meddle. Retrieved 11 February 2022
  14. ^ Duncan Ogilvie Player Profile, Arab Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2022


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