David McAdam

David Frederick McAdam (3 April 1923 – 18 April 2017) was an English footballer who made appearances in the English Football League for Leeds United and Wrexham.

Career

McAdam played for non-league Stapenhill Working Men's Club after being on the books of Aston Villa as an amateur.

McAdam would start strongly, playing 20 consecutive games for Leeds United before suffering a cartilage injury in a match against Blackburn Rovers on 29 January 1949 which ruled him out of the rest of the 1948–49 season.

However post-injury, he lost his first team place and moved to Wrexham in 1950, where he spent a season and made 10 appearances.

After Wrexham he would spend a total of 14 years in non-league football, spending a decade at Burton Albion and 4 years at Matlock Town.

Death McAdam died on 18 April 2017 at the age of 94 after years spent in a nursing home.