David Provan (footballer, born 1941)

(Redirected from Dave Provan) Scottish footballer and manager This article is about the 1960s Rangers defender. For the 1980s Celtic winger, see David Provan (footballer, born 1956).

David Provan
Personal information
Full name	David Provan
Date of birth	(1941-03-11)11 March 1941
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	26 November 2016(2016-11-26) (aged 75)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1970	Rangers	171	(9)
1970–1971	Crystal Palace	1	(0)
1971–1974	Plymouth Argyle	129	(10)
1974–1975	St Mirren	13	(0)
Total		314	(19)
International career
1963–1965	Scotland	5	(0)
1964	Scotland U23	1	(1)
1964	SFL trial v SFA	1	(0)
1967	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
Managerial career
1987–1991	Albion Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Provan (11 March 1941 – 26 November 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Rangers, Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle and St Mirren. Provan also played for Scotland and the Scottish League XI.

Career

Provan was a product of the Rangers youth team and played as a full back. He made his debut on 27 December 1958, in a league match away to Third Lanark which Rangers won 3–2. He helped the club win a domestic treble in 1963–64 and played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which Rangers lost 1–0 to Bayern Munich. Provan is one of the players elected to Rangers' Hall of Fame.

He left the club in June 1970 and joined English club Crystal Palace, although he was not there for long, making only two senior appearances in total, before moving on in March 1971, to Plymouth Argyle. He stayed at Plymouth for five seasons and made over 100 appearances.

Provan subsequently played for St Mirren where he finished his senior career in 1975, and began his coaching career under then-manager Alex Ferguson. He later went on to manage Albion Rovers from 1987 to 1991, leading the club to the Scottish Football League Second Division title in 1988–9.

Rangers FC announced on 26 November 2016 that Provan had died, following a long illness.

References

Scotland U23 player Provan, Davie, FitbaStats
Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
"David Provan - Scotland Football League Record from 06 Sep 1967 to 06 Sep 1967 clubs - Rangers". Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Former Rangers defender Davie Provan dies, aged 75". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
"Profile on Rangers Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 338. ISBN 0907969542.
^ "Dave Provan". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Dave Provan". greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
"Davie Provan". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

External links

David Provan at the Scottish Football Association

v t e Plymouth Argyle F.C. – Player of the Year
1966: Newman 1967: Piper 1968: Dunne 1969: Burnside 1970: Rickard 1971: Furnell 1972: Provan 1973: Hague 1974: Machin 1975: Mariner 1976: Mariner 1977: Ramsbottom 1978: Foster 1979: Binney 1980: Foster 1981: Kemp 1982: Sims 1983: Nisbet 1984: Staniforth 1985: Tynan 1986: Hodges 1987: Tynan 1988: Cherry 1989: Tynan 1990: Marker 1991: Brown 1992: Marshall 1993: McCall 1994: McCall 1995: Edworthy 1996: Heathcote 1997: Billy 1998: Barlow & Corazzin 1999: Heathcote 2000: McGregor 2001: O'Sullivan 2002: Coughlan 2003: Wotton 2004: Evans 2005: Wotton 2006: Norris 2007: Nalis 2008: Tímár 2009: Larrieu 2010: Fletcher 2011: Fletcher 2012: Blanchard 2013: Bhasera 2014: Reid 2015: McCormick 2016: Carey 2017: Bradley 2018: Carey 2019: Lameiras 2020: Sarcevic 2021: Edwards 2022: Cooper 2023: Cooper 2024: Whittaker

Plymouth Argyle F.C. – Player of the Year

1966: Newman
1967: Piper
1968: Dunne
1969: Burnside
1970: Rickard
1971: Furnell
1972: Provan
1973: Hague
1974: Machin
1975: Mariner
1976: Mariner
1977: Ramsbottom
1978: Foster
1979: Binney
1980: Foster
1981: Kemp
1982: Sims
1983: Nisbet
1984: Staniforth
1985: Tynan
1986: Hodges
1987: Tynan
1988: Cherry
1989: Tynan
1990: Marker
1991: Brown
1992: Marshall
1993: McCall
1994: McCall
1995: Edworthy
1996: Heathcote
1997: Billy
1998: Barlow & Corazzin
1999: Heathcote
2000: McGregor
2001: O'Sullivan
2002: Coughlan
2003: Wotton
2004: Evans
2005: Wotton
2006: Norris
2007: Nalis
2008: Tímár
2009: Larrieu
2010: Fletcher
2011: Fletcher
2012: Blanchard
2013: Bhasera
2014: Reid
2015: McCormick
2016: Carey
2017: Bradley
2018: Carey
2019: Lameiras
2020: Sarcevic
2021: Edwards
2022: Cooper
2023: Cooper
2024: Whittaker

v t e Rangers F.C. – Hall of Fame
Albertz Amoruso Archibald Baxter Bowie Brand G. Brown J. Brown R. Brown Butcher Cairns Caldow Campbell Conn Cooper Cox Craig Cunningham H. Davis S. Davis A. Dawson J. Dawson Dixon Drummond Durrant English B. Ferguson I. Ferguson Fleming Forsyth Gascoigne Gibson Gillick Goram Gordon Gough Gray Greig Hamilton Hateley Henderson Hubbard Jackson Jardine Johnston Johnstone Klos Laudrup Little MacDonald Manderson Mathieson McBeath McCall McCloy McCoist McColl McCulloch McGregor McKinnon McLean McMillan M. McNeil P. McNeil McPhail D. McPherson J. McPherson Meiklejohn Millar Morton Muirhead Niven Novo Parlane Provan Ricksen Ritchie Russell Scott Shaw Shearer W. Simpson J. Simpson A. Smith D. Smith J. Smith N. Smith Souness Stein Tavernier Thornton Vallance Venters Waddell Weir Wilkins Wilson Woodburn Woods Young

v t e Albion Rovers F.C. – managers
Montgomery (1920–22) W. Reid (1922–29) Lees (1929–35) Weir (1935–37) Lees (1937–49) Beath (1950–52) Fagan (1952–53) Hutton (1953–61) McGill (1961–62) Telfer (1962–65) Flavell (1965–66) Stewart (1966–68) Fagan (1968–69) Harrower (1969) Flavell (1969–72) Beattie (1972–73) Brand (1973–74) Caldwell (1974–76) Goodwin (1976–81) Hood (1981) Baker (1981) Whiteford (1981–82) Ferguson (1982–83) Wilson (1983–84) Rooney (1984) Ritchie (1984) Baker (1984–1985) Franchetti (1985–1986) Gemmell (1986–1987) Provan (1987–91) Oliver (1991–92) McLaren (1992–93) Gemmell (1993–94) Spence (1994–95) Crease (1995) Moore (1996–98) McLaren (1998–99) Shanks (1999–2000) McVeigh (2000–02) Hetherston (2002–03) McAllister (2003–05) Lindsay (2005) Chapman (2005–07) McCormack (2007–08) Martin (2008–12) Lumsden (2012–13) Ward (2013–14) Young (2014–17) Kerr (2017–18) Brogan (2018) Harper (2018–20) B. Reid (2020–23) Clark (2023–)

Albion Rovers F.C. – managers

Montgomery (1920–22)
W. Reid (1922–29)
Lees (1929–35)
Weir (1935–37)
Lees (1937–49)
Beath (1950–52)
Fagan (1952–53)
Hutton (1953–61)
McGill (1961–62)
Telfer (1962–65)
Flavell (1965–66)
Stewart (1966–68)
Fagan (1968–69)
Harrower (1969)
Flavell (1969–72)
Beattie (1972–73)
Brand (1973–74)
Caldwell (1974–76)
Goodwin (1976–81)
Hood (1981)
Baker (1981)
Whiteford (1981–82)
Ferguson (1982–83)
Wilson (1983–84)
Rooney (1984)
Ritchie (1984)
Baker (1984–1985)
Franchetti (1985–1986)
Gemmell (1986–1987)
Provan (1987–91)
Oliver (1991–92)
McLaren (1992–93)
Gemmell (1993–94)
Spence (1994–95)
Crease (1995)
Moore (1996–98)
McLaren (1998–99)
Shanks (1999–2000)
McVeigh (2000–02)
Hetherston (2002–03)
McAllister (2003–05)
Lindsay (2005)
Chapman (2005–07)
McCormack (2007–08)
Martin (2008–12)
Lumsden (2012–13)
Ward (2013–14)
Young (2014–17)
Kerr (2017–18)
Brogan (2018)
Harper (2018–20)
B. Reid (2020–23)
Clark (2023–)

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