article_snippet: (right) after Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 in the 1967 FA Cup final .
article_snippet: Dave Mackay won the FA Cup with Tottenham three times, in 1961, 1962 and 1967 .
article_snippet: Tottenham manager Bill Nicholson with players Cliff Jones, Jimmy Greaves, Mackay, Paul Shoemark and Stephen Pitt in 1965 .
article_snippet: Dave Mackay began Dave Mackay career with Dave Mackay boyhood idols Hearts, winning all three domestic honours before captaining the side in 1957-8 when they won the Scottish League title – setting a British record with 132 goals scored and only 29 conceded.
article_snippet: That persuaded Spurs to buy Dave Mackay in 1959 for £32,000, a transfer that manager Bill Nicholson later claimed was that manager Bill Nicholson greatest ever signing.
article_snippet: that manager Bill Nicholson created a powerful partnership with Danny Blanchflower, and together they provided the driving force in the side that became the first post-war team to achieve the double of League title and FA Cup.
article_snippet: In all Mackay played 318 times for Tottenham, twice recovering from a broken left leg to captain the side that won the FA Cup in 1967.
article_snippet: In a statement, Spurs said: 'Mackay will certainly always be remembered here as one of our greatest ever players and a man who never failed to inspire those around Mackay. '
article_snippet: In short, a Spurs legend.'
article_snippet: When Brian Clough was forging the early days of Brian Clough management career in 1968 Brian Clough persuaded Spurs to sell Brian Clough Mackay for a bargain £5,000 – and the Scot then became captain of the team that first won promotion to the old First Division, and then captured the League title in their first season in the top flight.
article_snippet: Mackay, who also played for Hearts and Swindon, was capped 22 times by Scotland .
highlights_snippet: Dave Mackay was part of the 1961 Double winning team at Tottenham .
  