Daniel Malloy (6 November 1930 – 14 January 2015) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
[5] Beginning his senior career at Dundee, Malloy eventually moved to Cardiff City in December 1955 for a fee of £17,000 as a replacement for Stan Montgomery.
He was quick in making his mark as a footballing hard man, playing against Middlesbrough on 11 January 1958 he came up against prolific striker Brian Clough.
[8] He took over as captain of the side during the 1959–1960 season as Cardiff gained promotion to the top flight as runners up to Aston Villa.
[9] At the end of the season in 1961 he could not agree terms with the club and left to become player-manager of Doncaster Rovers.