Adam Blacklaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAdam Blacklaw
Scottish footballer
Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1937
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 28-Feb-2010
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Adam Blacklaw
- Adam Smith Blacklaw (2 September 1937 – 28 February 2010) was a Scottish professional football player who played as a goalkeeper.Blacklaw joined the Burnley ground staff as a schoolboy apprentice in 1954, directly from Frederick Street School in Aberdeen, earning a professional contract in October of that year.
- He made his first-team debut on 22 December 1956 and spent over ten seasons with the Clarets.
- He took over as regular goalkeeper when Colin McDonald suffered a broken leg in March 1959.
- During his time at Burnley, Blacklaw earned a League championship medal in season 1959–60 and an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1962. He joined Blackburn Rovers for £15,000 at the start of the 1967–68 season and stayed for three years before finishing his career with short spells at Blackpool in season 1970–71 and moving into the non-league game with Great Harwood in season 1971–72.
- He later had a spell as manager of Clitheroe.Blacklaw represented Scotland at schoolboy level 3 times, at Under–23 level and also at full international level.
- He made his debut in a 4–3 defeat by Norway on 4 June 1963 and gained a further two caps.
- Scotland defeated Spain nine days later, on 13 June 1963 with a 6–2 victory in Madrid and Blacklaw's final appearance for Scotland was on 7 December 1965 in Naples, where they lost 3–0 to Italy.
- Blacklaw's first two international matches, against Norway and Spain respectively, were friendlies and his third and final cap against Italy was a FIFA World Cup qualifying match.Blacklaw died on 28 February 2010.
- For their fixture away to Arsenal on 6 March 2010, the Burnley players wore black armbands in memory of him.
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