Dave Shearer

Dave Shearer
Personal information
Full name	David John Shearer
Date of birth	16 October 1958
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland
Date of death	3 July 2022 (aged 63)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
19??–1978	Clachnacuddin
1978–1983	Middlesbrough
1980	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
1983–1984	Grimsby Town
1984–1987	Gillingham
1987–1988	AFC Bournemouth
1988	Scunthorpe United
1988–19??	Darlington
1989–1993	Billingham Synthonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David John Shearer (16 October 1958 – 3 July 2022)^[3] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward.

Although he had trials with Greenock Morton as a teenager, Shearer continued to play locally in his home Fort William area in the Scottish North West Highlands, before signing as a part time professional with senior Inverness-based football club Clachnacuddin in the Highland Football League. His other professional clubs, all in the English Football League, included Middlesbrough, Scunthorpe United and Gillingham.^[4]

He made over 230 Football League appearances. He was the older brother of fellow former professional and Highland Football League player Duncan Shearer.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "David Shearer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "Former Gillingham striker Dave Shearer dies at the age of 63". /www.kentonline.co.uk. 5 July 2022.
^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.

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[Hugman-1] "David Shearer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

[2] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[3] "Former Gillingham striker Dave Shearer dies at the age of 63". /www.kentonline.co.uk. 5 July 2022.

[4] Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.

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