Daniel Kirkwood (24 December 1900 – 20 October 1977)^[1] was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Rangers^[2] and scored 76 goals from 205 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town and Swindon Town. He played as an inside right.^[3]

Kirkwood was born in Dalserf, South Lanarkshire. He turned professional with Airdrieonians in 1923, and in August of the following year moved to Rangers.^[1][4][5] Unable to dislodge Scotland international Andy Cunningham from the starting eleven, Kirkwood spent a season on loan at St Johnstone,^[1] and played only once for Rangers in the Scottish League,^[2] in a 2–1 defeat of Partick Thistle on 28 August 1926.^[6]

In November of that year, he joined Sheffield Wednesday, where he made 18 appearances in as many months before moving on to Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 1927–28 season for a £500 fee. Described as slow but constructive, Kirkwood scored 74 goals from 168 League appearances for the club^[1] and was their top scorer in the 1928–29 season with 21 goals in all competitions.^[7] His career was affected by injury, and he was allowed to leave on a free transfer in October 1933, spending a few weeks with Luton Town before finishing the season and his professional career with Swindon Town. Kirkwood returned to Scotland where he worked as a miner. He died in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire in 1977 at the age of 76.^[1]

His elder brother Andrew Kirkwood was also a footballer who was contracted to Rangers^[8] and was loaned to St Johnstone at the same time as Dan where the siblings played together;^[9] Andrew also featured for Hamilton Academical.^[10]