Ka taƙaita labarin:  Tsohon kyaftin din Scotland Dave Mackay, fitaccen dan wasan kungiyar Tottenham na 1961 wanda ya lashe kofin biyu, ya mutu yana da shekaru 80. A zamanin da mutane suke da taurin kai, dan wasan tsakiya mai kauri ya kasance daya daga cikin mafiya karfi, alama ce ta sha'awa da kuma jajircewa. Shekaru da yawa hoton da ya nuna shi cikin fushi yana riƙe da Leeds - daidai da Billy Bremner mai faɗa ya kasance a cikin bango a cikin dakin 'yan wasa a White Hart Lane, shugaban kungiyar na ruhaniya bayan da ya tafi. Dave Mackay ya fuskanci Billy Bremner a lokacin da yake Tottenham a watan Agustan 1966. Jimmy Robertson (dama) ya lashe Mackay bayan Spurs ta doke Chelsea da ci 2-1 a wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin FA ta 1967. Mackay ya lashe Kofin FA tare da Tottenham sau uku, a 1961, 1962 da 1967. Manajan Tottenham Bill Nicholson tare da 'yan wasa Cliff Jones, Jimmy Greaves, Mackay, Paul Shoemark da Stephen Pitt a shekarar 1965. Mackay ya hau kan matakala a White Hart Lane yayin da yake fama da hanyar dawowa daga karyewar kafa biyu. Amma yayin da wannan hoton ya taƙaita tsananin zaluncinsa da ƙudurinsa akwai abubuwa da yawa game da wasansa fiye da kasancewarsa ta jiki. An haife shi a Edinburgh a 1934, shi ne na biyu a cikin iyali na yara maza huɗu waɗanda mahaifinsu ya yi aiki da jaridar The Scotsman. Ya fara aikinsa tare da gumakansa na yara Hearts, yana cin nasarar girmamawa guda uku kafin ya zama kyaftin din kungiyar a shekarar 1957-8 lokacin da suka lashe gasar Scottish League <unk> kafa tarihin Burtaniya tare da zira kwallaye 132 kuma 29 ne kawai suka ci nasara. Wannan ya shawo kan Spurs ya saya shi a 1959 don £ 32,000, canja wurin da manajan Bill Nicholson ya yi da'awar cewa shi ne mafi kyawun sa hannu. Ya kirkiro wata ƙawance mai ƙarfi tare da Danny Blanchflower, kuma tare suka ba da ƙarfin motsawa a gefen da ya zama ƙungiyar farko bayan yakin da ta sami sau biyu na taken League da FA Cup. A cikin duka Mackay ya buga wasanni 318 a Tottenham, sau biyu yana murmurewa daga karyewar kafa ta hagu don zama kyaftin din kungiyar da ta lashe kofin FA a shekarar 1967. A cikin wata sanarwa, Spurs ta ce: 'Dave Mackay tabbas za a tuna da shi koyaushe a nan a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan playersan wasanmu da kuma mutumin da bai taɓa kasawa ba...
Dave Mackay ya kasance wani bangare na 1961 Double lashe tawagar a Tottenham. Mackay kuma ya taka leda kuma ya jagoranci Derby County. Tsohon dan wasan Scotland na fama da cutar Alzheimer da cutar Parkinson.