Donald Campbell Clark Ford was born on 25 October 1944 and is a Scottish former international footballer, best remembered for his 11-year playing stint with Heart of Midlothian.
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At this stage, Donald Ford was still playing as an amateur, combining football with studies in chartered accountancy.
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However, upon completion of his final accountancy exams in 1967, Donald Ford signed professional terms and became an integral part of the Hearts first team.
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Donald Ford played over 30 times in each of the following 8 seasons before eventually transferring to Falkirk in 1976 at the age of 32.
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Donald Ford was capped 3 times for the Scotland national team, making his debut against Czechoslovakia in 1973.
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Donald Ford had previously played 9 times for the Scotland national amateur team.
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Donald Ford was selected in the squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany but did not make an appearance.
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Indeed, Donald Ford was one of only two Hearts players capped in the 1970s, the other being goalkeeper Jim Cruickshank.
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Donald Ford was an all-round sportsman and, as well as playing professional football, he was a competent cricketer.
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Donald Ford has remained active in the public sphere since his retirement from the sporting fields, serving on the Scottish Sports Council for a spell in the 1990s and as a local councillor in Linlithgow.
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Donald Ford was involved with Radio Forth's local football coverage in the 1980s.
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In 1991, Donald Ford left the accountancy profession and became a professional landscape photographer, a field he continues to work in to this day.
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Donald Ford played a significant role in persuading Wallace Mercer to invest in the club in the early 1980s, at a time when it teetered on the financial precipice.