Dally Duncan

Dally Douglas Duncan Date of Birth: Oct 14, 1909

Scotsman Dally had already crammed in a full career by the time he came to Luton as player/coach in October 1946. A pre-War Scottish international, he had starred for Derby as a mercurial winger picking up an F.A.Cup winners medal along the way.

When Luton manager George Martin went to Newcastle in 1947, Dally was asked to take over at Kenilworth Road but soon hung his boots up to concentrate on the job full-time.

He oversaw the Town’s rise to Division One in 1955 with a young, keen and talented side and then left in controversial circumstances three years later to join Blackburn who he guided to the 1960 F.A.Cup final.

Following his dismissal from Ewood Park, Dally ran a guest house in Brighton for many years. He died in a Brighton hospital in 1990 aged 80.