Dick Malone

Richard Philip Malone (born 22 August 1947) is a Scottish former professional footballer . A defender, he appeared for Sunderland in the 1973 FA Cup Final winning team. After playing for junior side Shotts Bon Accord , Malone started his senior career with Ayr United , for whom he had played 163 league matches and scored twenty goals. He was the only full back at that time to score a hat trick. Malone joined Sunderland in October 1970 and was a Scotland under-23 international (match against France). [ 3 ] In the FA Cup Final victory, Second Division Sunderland beat Leeds United 1-0. Malone played 235 (+1) league matches for Sunderland, scoring two goals. [ citation needed ] Malone left Sunderland to join Hartlepool United in July 1977. [ citation needed ] After playing 36 league matches and scoring two goals for the club, he was transferred to Blackpool in November 1978, playing 49 matches for them scoring one goal. [ citation needed ] The goal came in a 5–2 victory over Swindon Town at Bloomfield Road on 15 May 1979. His contract with Blackpool was cancelled in May 1980 by Alan Ball . [ citation needed ] In season 1980–81, Malone returned to Scotland to play for Queen of the South . With the Dumfries club, Malone won promotion from the Scottish Second Division . [ 4 ] Alongside Malone at Queen of the South was a player with a name that would have sounded familiar to Malone, Queens' long serving goalkeeper Allan Ball . [ 5 ] QoS left winger Jimmy Robertson later said when asked who the best players were that he played beside at Queens, 'Dick Malone, you could tell he had pl — Wikipedia

Position

DF

Nationality

United Kingdom

Birthplace

Carfin

Born

22 Aug 1947