David Stewart (footballer, born 1947)

David Stewart
Personal information
Full name David Steel Stewart
Date of birth (1947-03-11)11 March 1947
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 13 November 2018(2018-11-13) (aged 71)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Kilsyth Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1973 Ayr United 193 (0)
1973–1979 Leeds United 55 (0)
1979 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
1979–1981 Swansea City 57 (0)
Ryoden
Total 305 (0)
International career
1977 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Steel Stewart (11 March 1947 – 13 November 2018) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. After winning the Scottish Junior Cup with Kilsyth Rangers he was signed by Ally MacLeod's Ayr United for whom he played in two senior cup semi-finals. He then signed for Don Revie at Leeds United where he played when Leeds lost 2–0 to Bayern Munich in the 1975 European Cup Final. He signed for Ron Atkinson at West Bromwich Albion but didn't play for their first team. He then won promotion to the top flight of English football in his first season at John Toshack's Swansea City. Stewart saved a penalty in his one appearance for the Scotland national football team, a 1–0 defeat in East Germany in 1977.