Herbert Dainty
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| Herbert Dainty | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Charles Dainty | |
| Date of birth | 6 February 1879 | |
| Place of birth |  Geddington, England |
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| Date of death | 1961 | |
| Playing position | Centre half | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1911 1911-1913 1913-1915 1915-1918 |
Kettering Leicester Fosse New Brighton Tower Leicester Fosse Northampton Town Notts County Southampton Dundee Bradford Park Avenue Ayr United Dundee Hibernian |
30 (3) 33 (3) 23 (0) 20 (0) 31 (1) 187 (24) 63 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1914-1915 1915-1917 |
Ayr United Dundee United |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Herbert Charles Dainty (February 6, 1879 - 1961) was an English footballer and manager.
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[edit] Playing career
Dainty was born in Geddington, Northamptonshire and started his playing career for local club Kettering.
[edit] A different club each year
He joined Football League Second Division team, Leicester Fosse in August 1899 and in the summer of 1900, he moved to fellow Second Division team, New Brighton Tower. At the end of the 1900-01, despite finishing in a creditable fourth place, New Brighton Tower folded and Dainty returned to Leicester Fosse. He moved on again at the end of the season joining Southern League Northampton Town. His transient lifestyle continued when he joined Notts County at the end of the 1902-03 season to play for the first time in the First Division of the Football League.
[edit] Southampton
In May 1904, Dainty decided to move South to join Southern League champions Southampton.
According to Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints, Dainty was "a worthy successor to previous Saints' centre-halves, Bowman and Chadwick. Bert was coolness personified and was at his best during desperate pressure around the goal area."[1]. He played alongside Saints' stalwarts, Samuel Meston and Bert Lee as Saints failed to repeat their previous season's performance, finishing in third place. At the end of the season Dainty decided to move on again, which "provoked an outcry in the town".
[edit] Dundee
He moved this time to Scotland where he joined Dundee in May 1905. Dundee was obviously to his liking as he stayed at Dens Park for 6 seasons, and was one of four Englishmen who helped Dundee to win the Scottish Cup in 1910.
[edit] Managerial career
A two year spell at Bradford Park Avenue followed before moving back to Scotland in October 1913 to join Ayr United, where he served as player/manager. In April 1915, Dainty moved to Dundee Hibernian (later to become Dundee United) and similarly became player/manager shortly afterwards, becoming the club's second ever manager. Dainty relinquished managerial duties in 1917 and retired from playing the following year, staying at the club as secretary and then briefly in 1922 as chairman.[2]
During World War I, Dainty stayed on Tayside, where he formed his own side known as "Dainty's XI" which played regular matches for charity against other Tayside teams.
[edit] Later career
After leaving Dundee United, Dainty travelled to South America as a coach, before returning to England as a coach with Ipswich Town from 1932 to 1934. Little is known of his later career.
Dainty died in 1961.
[edit] Honours
- Scottish Cup: winner 1910
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing, p.91-92. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ^ Dundee United A - Z ( D ). Dundee United FC website.
[edit] References
- Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley (1987). Saints - A complete record. Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
- Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
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