Changing Room Chat: Final countdown: Capital heroes No 2 - Dave Mackay
Dave Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1934 and joined the club he supported as a boy. He went on to win all three domestic honours with the club during a six-year spell at Tynecastle. This included, captaining the side that won the 1957-58 championship with a British record of 132 goals for, 29 against. Two years earlier he had been in the side that won the Scottish Cup by beating Celtic 3-1 in the Gorgie club’s first final appearance since 1907. He also won League Cup winner’s medals in 1955 and 1959.
McKay went on to become a legend with Spurs, winning the first-ever English double in 1961, two more FA Cups in 1962 and 1967 and was in the first British side to lift a European trophy in 1963. McKay almost returned to Hearts but was convinced by Brian Clough to join Derby, where his career enjoyed an Indian summer. He won 22 Scotland caps.