David Munks

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= David Munks

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, England

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1962–1965

| youthclubs1 = Sheffield United

| years1 = 1965–1969

| years2 = 1969–1973

| years3 = 1973–1974

| years4 = 1974–1975

| clubs1 = Sheffield United

| clubs2 = Portsmouth

| clubs3 = Swindon Town

| clubs4 = Exeter City

| caps1 = 112

| caps2 = 137

| caps3 = 21

| caps4 = 20

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1965

| nationalteam1 = England Youth

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 =

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David Munks (born 29 April 1947) is an English former footballer whose career ran from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Born in Sheffield on 29 April 1947{{cite book|title=Rothmans Football Year Book, 1970–71|author=R. Peskett & T. Williams|location=Harpenden|publisher=QAP|year=1970|ISBN=0-362-00071-9}} Munks won two England Youth capsHe played in a 0–0 draw against Spain and a 3–0 victory over Belgium in April 1965 AFS DataBase whilst with his first club Sheffield United . The following month he broke into the first team for the first time during a tour of New Zealand.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/blackpool-blades-nz65.html Early tour of NZ] In all Munks was to make over 100 appearances for The Blades{{cite book|title=The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946–98|author=B. Hugman|location=Harpenden|publisher=Queen Anne Press|year=1998|ISBN=1-85291-585-4}} before moving to Portsmouth in the 1969 close season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirrorprintstore.co.uk/pictures_66295/Portsmouth-FC-Football-Players-1970.html |title=Pompey team photo |access-date=6 January 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804130340/http://www.mirrorprintstore.co.uk/pictures_66295/Portsmouth-FC-Football-Players-1970.html |archive-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} He was to prove such a popular player on the south coast that in 1971 he was awarded the title of Portsmouth Player of the Year.{{cite book|title=Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club|author=M. Cooper, M. Neasom & D. Robinson|location=Portsmouth|publisher=Milestone Publications|year=1984|ISBN=0-903852-50-0}} Change, however, was afoot at Fratton Park with new chairman John Decon sanctioning the purchase of talented new defenders Paul Went and Malcolm Manley. Costs soon spiralled and Munks was one of the first of a cluster of players to leave{{cite book|title=Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball|author=C. Farmery|location=Southend-on-Sea|publisher=Desert Island Books|year=1999|ISBN=1-874287-25-2}} to offset the huge new wage bills. In December 1973 he signed for a relegation threatened Swindon[http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/ForceFrames.htm?http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/PlayingRecord.asp?PersonID=MUNKSDAV&Season=1974-1975 Playing record at club]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but was used inexplicably as a midfielder. Not surprisingly this tactical experiment did not enhance a poor side and he was released at the end of the season when they were finally relegated. Initially loaned to Exeter City in the summer of 1974 he signed for them on a permanent basis in December of that year. However, his league career was ended with a knee injury the following year and in 1976 he left the game.[http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/ForceFrames.htm?http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=MUNKSDAV Sad end to career]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}