David Skea

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

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| name = David Skea

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| fullname =David Frederick Skea

| birth_date = February 1871

| birth_place = Arbroath, Scotland

|death_date= c. {{death year and age|1950|1871}}

|death_place = Scotland

| height =

| position =Inside forward

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Arbroath | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1892 | clubs2 = Aston Villa

| caps2 = 1 | goals2 =1{{cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939| publisher=Soccerdata| year=2004| isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=239}}

| years3 = | clubs3 = Dundee Thistle| caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1893 | clubs4 = Darwen| caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1893–1894| clubs5 = Bury | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1894–1896| clubs6 = Leicester Fosse | caps6 = 45 | goals6 = 28

| years7 = 1896 | clubs7 = Swindon Town | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 5{{cite web|title=David Skea: Playing record|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/PlayingRecord.asp?PersonID=SKEADAVI&Season=1896-1897|publisher=Swindon Town FC|access-date=16 November 2013}}

| years8 = 1896–1898 | clubs8 = New Brompton | caps8 =25 | goals8 =9{{cite book| last = Brown| first = Tony| title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record | publisher = Soccerdata| year = 2003| isbn = 1-899468-20-X| pages =129}}

| years9 =| clubs9 =Cowes| caps9 = | goals9 =

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David Frederick Skea (February 1871 – c. 1950) was a Scottish footballer.

Football career

He began his career with his hometown club, Arbroath, before joining Aston Villa, where he made just one appearance in the English Football League.{{cite web|title=Skea, David Frederick|url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1244.html|publisher=Aston Villa Player Database|access-date=16 November 2013}} After a spell back in Scotland with Dundee Thistle, he moved to Darwen, where again he was restricted to a single Football League game before a move to Bury of the Lancashire League.

In 1894 he joined Leicester Fosse, where he spent two seasons as a regular in the team, making 45 League appearances and scoring 28 goals. In the 1894–95 season, he was the top scorer in the Football League Second Division.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html |title=English League Leading Goalscorers – Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1889-1915 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |first=James M. |last=Ross |access-date=16 November 2013}}

After leaving Filbert Street, he played for Swindon Town and New Brompton of the Southern League.

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