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- David Danskin (9 January 1863 – 4 August 1948) was a Scottish mechanical engineer and footballer. He was a principal founding member of Dial Square F.C., later renamed Royal Arsenal, the team that are today known as Arsenal. Born in Burntisland, Fife, Danskin grew up in Kirkcaldy. He played as an amateur for Kirkcaldy Wanderers, and among their players were Jack McBean and Peter Connolly, two players who would later join Danskin at Royal Arsenal. In 1885 Danskin moved to London to find work, and took a job at the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. There he met several football enthusiasts, amongst them Jack Humble and former Nottingham Forest players Fred Beardsley and Morris Bates. Together with Humble, Danskin is generally credited as the driving force behind the formation of a works football team, Dial Square FC. Danskin organised a whip-round amongst his fellow players and purchased Dial Square's first football, and captained the team in their very first match against Eastern Wanderers on 11 December 1886; Dial Square won 6–0. Danskin continued to play for Royal Arsenal, as the club were soon renamed afterwards, for the next two years. However, after an injury incurred in a match against Clapton in January 1889, Danskin elected to step down from the side and only played a few more rare occasions after that. Arsenal turned professional in 1891, and although Danskin stood for election to the club's committee in 1892, he did not succeed in getting elected. He ended his official association with Arsenal and later became associated with a new works team from the area, Royal Ordnance Factories, which folded in circa 1896. He also officiated as a referee in local matches. He was still fond enough of Arsenal to attend their games, and his son Billy used to sell programmes at their Manor Ground as a child. He later started up his own bicycle manufacturing business in Plumstead, before moving to Coventry in 1907 to work for the Standard Motor Company. In his later life he was troubled by ill-health, caused by injuries to his legs in his footballing days, and took early retirement. Nevertheless, he was one of the few founding members of Arsenal to live to see the club's rise to success in the 1930s; he reportedly cheered the side's 1936 FA Cup win from his sickbed, while listening to the radio commentary. After many years of ill-health, he died in a hospice in Warwick in 1948, at the age of 85 and was buried at London Road Cemetery in Coventry. In 2007, to commemorate his role in the club's history, the Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club dedicated a blue plaque to Danskin, near his birthplace in Burntisland. During Arsenal's 125th anniversary celebrations, two of David Danskin's great-grandchildren delivered the match ball for Arsenal's 1–0 victory over Everton at Emirates Stadium as Arsenal celebrated another milestone. In April 2019, Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club arranged for a headstone to be erected at David Danskins grave in Coventry. The headstone was paid for by Arsenal FC with club managing director Vinai Venkatesham and coach and former captain Pat Rice joining Danskins descendant relatives and many Arsenal supporters for a graveside ceremony in his honour. (en)
- David Danskin (* 9. Januar 1863 in Burntisland, Fife, Schottland; † 4. August 1948 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England) war ein schottischer Maschinenbauer und Fußballspieler. Er gehörte zu den Gründungsvätern des Vereins „Dial Square Football Club“, der heute als FC Arsenal bekannt ist. Danskin wuchs im schottischen Kirkcaldy auf, bevor er zur Mitte der 1880er-Jahre nach London zog, um dort Arbeit zu finden. Er heuerte in der Dial Square-Werkstatt des Rüstungsfabrikanten Royal Arsenal in Woolwich an und traf dort auf mehrere Fußballbegeisterte, darunter und mit Fred Beardsley und Morris Bates zwei ehemalige Spieler von Nottingham Forest. Danskin wird allgemein – gemeinsam mit Humble – als treibende Kraft hinter der Bildung der Fußballmannschaft aus der Arbeiterschaft als Dial Square Football Club angesehen. Er agierte fortan als Organisator, erstand für den Verein den ersten Ball und führte das Team in dem ersten Spiel gegen die Eastern Wanderers am 11. Dezember 1886, das Dial Square mit 6:0 gewann, als Mannschaftskapitän an. Er kam auch weiterhin für Royal Arsenal, wie sich der Verein später nannte, in den folgenden drei Jahren regelmäßig zum Einsatz. Anschließend agierte er jedoch immer seltener, bis er 1893 endgültig mit dem Fußballspielen aufhörte. Als der Klub zu einem Profiverein wurde, sich der Football League anschloss und kommerzielle Wagnisse einging, brach Danskin seine Verbindung zu dem Verein vollständig ab. Danskin eröffnete später in Plumstead ein eigenes Unternehmen im Fahrradbau, bevor er dann 1907 nach Coventry zog, um dort für Standard Motors zu arbeiten. In seinem späteren Leben hatte er verstärkt mit gesundheitlichen Problemen zu kämpfen, die vermutlich auch auf die erlittenen Verletzungen während seiner Fußballzeit zurückzuführen waren, und ging frühzeitig in die Pension. Dennoch war er noch einer der wenigen Gründungsmitglieder, die die erste Dominanzphase seines ehemaligen Vereins in den 1930er-Jahren miterlebten. Berichten zufolge erfreute er sich in seinem Krankenbett im Jahre 1936 an dem FA-Cup-Sieg, den er am Radiogerät mitverfolgte. Nach langjähriger Krankheit verstarb Danskin 1948 im Alter von 85 Jahren in einem Hospiz in Warwick. (de)
- David Danskin (Burntisland, 9 gennaio 1863 – Warwick, 4 agosto 1948) è stato un calciatore scozzese. (it)
- Девід Денскін (англ. David Danskin, 9 січня 1863, — 4 серпня 1948, Ворік) — шотландський інженер та футболіст. Він був засновником клубу «Дайл Сквер», пізніше перейменованого на «Роял Арсенал», команди яка зараз має назву «Арсенал» (Лондон). (uk)
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- David Danskin (Burntisland, 9 gennaio 1863 – Warwick, 4 agosto 1948) è stato un calciatore scozzese. (it)
- Девід Денскін (англ. David Danskin, 9 січня 1863, — 4 серпня 1948, Ворік) — шотландський інженер та футболіст. Він був засновником клубу «Дайл Сквер», пізніше перейменованого на «Роял Арсенал», команди яка зараз має назву «Арсенал» (Лондон). (uk)
- David Danskin (* 9. Januar 1863 in Burntisland, Fife, Schottland; † 4. August 1948 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England) war ein schottischer Maschinenbauer und Fußballspieler. Er gehörte zu den Gründungsvätern des Vereins „Dial Square Football Club“, der heute als FC Arsenal bekannt ist. (de)
- David Danskin (9 January 1863 – 4 August 1948) was a Scottish mechanical engineer and footballer. He was a principal founding member of Dial Square F.C., later renamed Royal Arsenal, the team that are today known as Arsenal. In 2007, to commemorate his role in the club's history, the Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club dedicated a blue plaque to Danskin, near his birthplace in Burntisland. (en)
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