Denny, Falkirk
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Denny is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland, and formerly in the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated seven miles west of Falkirk, and around 6 miles east of Cumbernauld. Denny has a population of 7,385 (2001).
Denny is separated from neighbouring village Dunipace by the river Carron. Until the early 1980s, Denny was a centre for heavy industry, including several iron foundries, brickworks, a coal mine and paper mills.
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Famous sports personalities from Denny include Niall McKenzie, the 1996-98 British Superbike Champion, Samuel (Sammy) Shields who played for Cowdenbeath F.C., Liverpool F.C., Airdrieonians F.C. and Darlington F.C., and Sir Matt Busby (Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE; 26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994), who played for now defunct amateur football team Denny Hibs before having a successful career which culminated in him managing Manchester United in the 1968 European Cup tournament, beating Benfica 4 -1. Manchester United were the first English club to win the European Cup, and the second British club to do so after Celtic F.C. in 1967, when they beat Inter Milan 2-1 in the final.
Sammy Baird, who played for Clyde (1949-1954), Preston North End (1954-1955), Rangers](1955-1960), Hibernian (1960-1962), Third Lanark(1962-1963), and Stirling Albion (1963 as player-manager), and won three Scottish league titles (1955-56, 1956-57 and 1958-59) and one Scottish Cup (1960) with Rangers. He was capped six times for Scotland from 1956 to 1958, scoring on his debut against Yugoslavia and in his last match, a 2-1 defeat by France in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. As the manager of Stirling Albion (1963-1968) he led them to promotion to Division One in the 1964-65 season, but he was sacked as the club was relegated in the 1967-68 season.
Robert "Bobby" Brown (born 19 March 1923 in Dunipace) who played for and eventually managed the Scotland international football team. Brown made his debut as a goalkeeper for Queen's Park in 1939 and went on to establish himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for the next two seasons, but like many others at this time, his appearances were interrupted by the Second World War, where he served in the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot.He played in several war time internationals, and in his last season at Hampden in season 1945-46 he shared the Queen's goalkeeper's jersey with another future Scottish international, Ronnie Simpson. He made his international debut in January 1946 in a friendly against Belgium, and he remains the last amateur player to earn a full international cap for Scotland, and is also the last player to earn a full Scotland cap whilst still a signed player at Hampden. In 1946 he joined Rangers, where he played for ten years, winning 5 League championships and 4 Scottish Cups. He gained another five caps for Scotland before moving to Falkirk in 1956 for two years before retiring in 1958 and becoming manager of St Johnstone.He became the first full-time Scotland manager in 1967, and his first international match as manager was the famous 3-2 victory over world champions England at Wembley. He was Scotland manager until being succeeded by Tommy Docherty in 1971.
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