Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. David McClure was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right-back who had spells in Scotland, Ireland and England. He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, but began his footballing career in Ireland with Glenavon. McClure then returned to Scotland to play Junior league football with Dunipace, before joining Scottish Football League club St. Johnstone in 1924. In June 1927, he was signed by Football League Third Division North club Nelson and made his debut for the club on 24 September 1927 in the 2 1 win against Durham City. He went on to make 29 first-team appearances for Nelson during the 1927 28 season, and scored his first League goal in the 6 3 victory over Rochdale on 7 January 1928.