Harold Davis (footballer)

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Harold Davis
Personal information
Full name	Harold Davis
Date of birth	1933
Place of birth	?, Scotland
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1950-1956 1956-1964 1964-1965	East Fife Rangers Partick Thistle	168 (8) 022 (0)
Teams managed
1970-1971	Queen of the South
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Harold Davis (born 1933) is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers.

Davis began his career at East Fife and quickly gained praise as a tough tackling, no-nonsense defender but he was drafted for national service in 1951 and joined the Black Watch. Whilst in the army he fought and was seriously injured during the Korean War in the 1950s.^[1] He spent almost two years in hospital recovering from the injuries he sustained. By chance a physiotherapist working at his hospital, David Kinnear (also a trainer at Rangers), recommended Davis to then manager Scot Symon. Upon Davis' recovery Symon brought him to Ibrox.

During his time at Rangers he played in the 1961 European Cup Winners Cup final defeat to Fiorentina. The match was lost 4-1 on aggregate. Davis made 261 appearances for Rangers and scored thirteen goals for the club from his debut on the 24 November 1956, against Aberdeen.

He left in 1964 and joined Partick Thistle but left become trainer at Queen's Park after only a season. He then returned to Ibrox under Davie White in the late 1960s.

However, he was sacked the summer of 1970 along with Kinnear and Laurie Smith, after Willie Waddell decided to bring in Jock Wallace to assist him. Davis did become a manager in his own right when he took the reigns at Queen of the South for the 1970-71 season but things did not work out in Dumfries and he was replaced by Jim Easton. He later joined re-joined White at Dundee in 1973.

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