Mackay at 80 - gallery

To celebrate the legendary Dave Mackay's 80th birthday today (Friday, November 14), we've delved into the photographic archives for this gallery of classic shots from his time at Spurs.

Regarded as one of the greatest players in our history and one of the most influential players to pull on the famous white shirt, Dave signed from Hearts in March, 1959 and went on to play 318 times for us before departing for Derby County in 1968.

In that time, Dave was an inspirational figure and driving force in the team that won the double in 1960-61, retained the FA Cup in 1962 and made history by becoming the first British club to win a European trophy in 1963 (although he was injured for the final).

Not only that, but Dave recovered from a career-threatening broken leg TWICE to skipper the team to the FA Cup in 1967, beating Chelsea in the final at Wembley.

He's pictured below with the trophy after that FA Cup success in 1967...

Cliff Jones tells Spurs TV about the influence and character of Dave Mackay...