David Norwood McKellar was born on 22 May 1956 and is a Scottish retired professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a goalkeeper in the Football League with Carlisle United, for whom he made 160 appearances for the club over two spells.
21 Facts About David McKellar
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David McKellar made 30 appearances for the reserve team over the next four years and failed to make a first team appearance.
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David McKellar was sent out on loan to lower division clubs Colchester United and Peterborough United and failed to make an appearance for either.
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David McKellar departed Portman Road in May 1976, after suffering from homesickness.
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David McKellar returned to Scotland to sign for Scottish League Premier Division club Dundee United on 22 May 1976, his 20th birthday.
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David McKellar failed to make a first team appearance and joined Scottish League Second Division club Forfar Athletic in September 1977.
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David McKellar made only one appearance for the club before dropping back into junior football to sign for Ardrossan Winton Rovers in 1977.
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David McKellar made 43 appearances during two years at the Baseball Ground.
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David McKellar made 96 appearances during just under two years as an active player at Griffin Park.
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David McKellar made 82 league appearances over the course of two seasons, before leaving in 1985.
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Hibernian countered by claiming David McKellar failed to show commitment to the club and to relocate to Edinburgh from his Carlisle home.
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David McKellar made 41 appearances as the Accies suffered relegation straight back to the Scottish League First Division.
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Unable to keep Rikki Ferguson out of the team on a regular basis, David McKellar made 16 appearances in the First Division prior to departing Douglas Park in early 1988.
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David McKellar moved back up to the Scottish League Premier Division to sign for Dunfermline Athletic in early 1988.
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David McKellar rejoined Carlisle United in October 1988, then languishing in the Fourth Division.
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Across his two spells with Carlisle, David McKellar made 163 appearances.
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In 2009, David McKellar was named number 55 on the News and Star's Top 100 Carlisle United Players list.
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David McKellar moved back up to the Scottish League Premier Division to sign for Walter Smith's Rangers in 1991, as backup for Andy Goram.
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David McKellar retired from football at the end of the season.
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David McKellar represented the Scotland U18 team at an U18 European Championship in the 1970s.
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David McKellar turned down an offer from his former Rangers manager Walter Smith to become goalkeeping coach at Premier League club Everton, during Smith's tenure as manager of the club.