David George Herd (15 April 1934 – 1 October 2016) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Arsenal, Manchester United, Stockport County, and Stoke City. His regular position was as a forward where he was a consistent goal scorer.
Playing career
Stockport County
Herd was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire but grew up in Manchester as his father Alex was playing for Manchester City and later Stockport County where Herd Jr. began his career. He made his debut on the final day of the 1950–51 season with his father and he scored as County beat Hartlepools United 2–0. He also helped them to win the English league championship in 1965 and 1967,. He made his league of Ireland debut at Kilcohan Park on 14 December.
International career
He won his first cap for Scotland, on 18 October 1958 against Wales at Ninian Park; Scotland won 3–0. Herd won five caps in total for Scotland between 1958 and 1961, scoring three goals, his last cap coming in a 4–0 defeat by Czechoslovakia on 14 May 1961.
Managerial career
After retiring from playing, he had a stint managing Lincoln City between 1971 and 1972.
Personal life
Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Herd was the son of former Manchester City player Alec Herd and the nephew of Scottish international Sandy Herd.
He died on 1 October 2016. Players of former clubs Manchester United and Stoke City wore black arm bands when they played each other the next day. His small, family funeral on 14 October at Middlebie in Dumfriesshire was in the same cemetery as his parents who spent their latter years living in Ecclefechan.
Career statistics
Club
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|Stockport County
|1950–51
|Third Division North
|1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||1
|-
|1951–52
|Third Division North
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|1952–53
|Third Division North
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|1953–54
|Third Division North
|12||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!15!!6!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15!!6
|-
|rowspan="8"|Arsenal
|1954–55
|First Division
|3||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||3||1
|-
|1955–56
|First Division
|5||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||5||2
|-
|1956–57
|First Division
|22||12||6||6||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||28||18
|-
|1957–58
|First Division
|39||24||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||40||24
|-
|1958–59
|First Division
|26||15||5||3||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||31||18
|-
|1959–60
|First Division
|31||14||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||32||14
|-
|1960–61
|First Division
|40||29||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||41||30
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!166!!97!!14!!10!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!180!!107
|-
|rowspan="8"|Manchester United
|1961–62
|First Division
|27||14||5||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||32||17
|-
|1962–63
|First Division
|37||19||6||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||43||21
|-
|1963–64
|First Division
|30||20||7||4||0||0||6||3||1||0||44||27
|-
|1964–65
|First Division
|37||20||7||2||0||0||11||6||0||0||55||28
|-
|1965–66
|First Division
|37||24||7||3||0||0||7||5||1||1||52||33
|-
|1966–67
|First Division
|28||16||2||1||1||1||0||0||0||0||31||18
|-
|1967–68
|First Division
|6||1||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||8||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!202!!114!!35!!15!!1!!1!!25!!14!!2!!1!!265!!145
|-
|rowspan="3"|Stoke City
|1968–69
|First Division
|35||9||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||39||9
|-
|1969–70
|First Division
|9||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!44!!11!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!48!!11
|-
|Waterford United
|1970–71
|League of Ireland
|3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career Total
!430!!228!!53!!25!!1!!1!!25!!14!!2!!1!!511!!269
|}
:A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the FA Charity Shield.
International
{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=3|Scotland
|1958||2||1
|-
|1959||1||0
|-
|1961||2||2
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!5!!3
|}
Honours
Manchester United