David Craig (Northern Irish footballer)

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David Craig (Northern Irish footballer)

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'''David Craig''' (born 8 June 1944) is a Northern Irish retired professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (football)#Full back|right-back]].
|name = David Craig
|image =
|caption =
|full_name = David James Craig{{Hugman|4272|access-date=8 June 2024}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|6|8}}
|birth_place = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
|height = 5 ft 9+1/2 in{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_x5p3/mode/2up |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1976–77 |date=1976 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-362-00259-1 |editor-last=Vernon |editor-first=Leslie |location=London |pages=262 |editor-last2=Rollin |editor-first2=Jack}}
|position = Right-back
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]
|youthyears2 =
|youthclubs2 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|years1 = 1963–1978
|clubs1 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|caps1 = 351
|goals1 = 8
|totalcaps = 351
|totalgoals = 8
|nationalyears1 = 1967–1974
|nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]
|nationalcaps1 = 25
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
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'''David James Craig''' (born 8 June 1944) is a Northern Irish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (football)#Full back|right-back]].


He joined [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in 1960 and went on to make 460 appearances for the club,{{cite web|url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|title=Appearance Records|publisher=Newcastle United Football Club|accessdate=26 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310082302/http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|archivedate=10 March 2010}} scoring seven goals. He left the club in 1978 after retiring from the game, and remains seventh-highest appearance-maker for the club. Craig now resides in the North East city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. Craig was part of the Newcastle team that won the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] in [[1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final|1969]].{{cite news |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/17697389.fifty-years-newcastles-1969-fairs-cup-triumph-remembered/|title=Fifty years on: Newcastle's 1969 Fairs Cup triumph remembered|publisher=thenorthernecho.co.uk|date=11 June 2019 |access-date=15 April 2021}}
He first played with [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/one-newcastle-uniteds-greatest-ever-26068279 before he joined [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|title=Appearance Records|publisher=Newcastle United Football Club|accessdate=26 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310082302/http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|archivedate=10 March 2010}} He made his first team debut for the club in 1963, and went on to make 460 appearances for the club, scoring seven goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|title=Appearance Records|publisher=Newcastle United Football Club|accessdate=26 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310082302/http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20020612/appearance-records_2241105_1241750|archivedate=10 March 2010}} He left the club in 1978 after retiring from the game, and remains seventh-highest appearance-maker for the club. Craig now resides in the North East city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. Craig was part of the Newcastle team that won the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] in [[1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final|1969]].{{cite news |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/17697389.fifty-years-newcastles-1969-fairs-cup-triumph-remembered/|title=Fifty years on: Newcastle's 1969 Fairs Cup triumph remembered|publisher=thenorthernecho.co.uk|date=11 June 2019 |access-date=15 April 2021}}

Craig made 25 appearances for the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland national team]] between 1967 and 1974.{{NFT player|34734|access-date=20 April 2026}}


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