David Closs
David Closs
David Closs
● David Closs (HA)

born in Scotland

David Closs was born on Sunday, 1st June, 1941, in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The 5' 8 (10st 11lbs) midfielder signed for Willie Thornton's Thistle circa Saturday, 7th May, 1960, having most recently been with Troon.

Aged 19, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 3rd December, 1960, in a 3-1 win away to Raith Rovers in the SFL First Division.

That day, David became a member of our scoring debutant's club.

He scored the last of his 4 goals on Monday, 17th April, 1961, in a 2-0 friendly win away to Luton Town.

He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 23rd October, 1965, in a 4-3 defeat away to Dunfermline Athletic in the SFL First Division, having appeared as a Jag on 69 occasions.

David's club-list included Troon and Partick Thistle.

compiled from our All Games criteria.
Age Goal(s) Match
19y, 6m, 2d goal.png 03.12.1960 Raith Rovers [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 14)
19y, 7m, 1d goal.png 02.01.1961 Clyde [a] D3-3 (SFL First Division - game 19)
19y, 7m, 20d goal.png 21.01.1961 Hibernian [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 22)
19y, 10m, 16d goal.png 17.04.1961 Luton Town [a] W2-0 (Friendly)

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