Personal information | |||
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Full name | Angus Charles Alexander [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1934 [1] | ||
Place of birth | Arbroath, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 January 2010[2] | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Workington, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1950–1957 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Southport | 14 | (1) |
1958–1959 | Workington | 49 | (4) |
1959–1960 | York City | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Angus Charles Alexander (10 January 1934 – 3 January 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half.
He joined Burnley in 1950 as an amateur, signing as a professional a year later. He made no first team appearances for Burnley after leaving for Southport in 1957. After less than a year at Southport, he moved to Workington, where he made nearly 50 league appearances. A move to York City saw him finish his Football League career, where he made seven appearances. After retiring from football, Alexander worked in the steel industry for a number of years before retiring in the 1990s.
Born in Arbroath, Angus, Alexander started his career with Arbroath YC before joining Burnley as an amateur on 5 July 1950 and signing a professional contract on 25 January 1951. [2] Although he was considered an understudy to Jimmy McIlroy, [4] he made no first team appearances for Burnley, and served his National Service from 1952 to 1954 in Cyprus and Suez while playing football for the British Army. [2] [3] After completing his military service, he joined Southport for a four-figure fee in July 1957. [2] He made 14 appearances and scored one goal in the league before the club placed him on the transfer list because he was dissatisfied with playing reserve team football. [1] [2] He signed for Workington in February 1958 in exchange for Tommy Kinloch, [5] making 49 appearances and scoring four goals in the league. [1]
Alexander joined York City in June 1959 as part of an exchange deal which saw Tom Brownlee move to Workington. [3] After making seven appearances for York he left the club in 1960, and subsequently worked for the Distington Engineering Company. [3] He had trials with his former club Workington in December 1961, but the club was unable to afford to sign him. [3] He made no further professional appearances. After working in the steel industry for 14 years and then at a printing firm, he took early retirement in the early 1990s. [4] He died in Workington on 3 January 2010 at the age of 75 after suffering from an illness. [2] [4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Angus Charles Alexander [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1934 [1] | ||
Place of birth | Arbroath, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 January 2010[2] | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Workington, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1950–1957 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Southport | 14 | (1) |
1958–1959 | Workington | 49 | (4) |
1959–1960 | York City | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Angus Charles Alexander (10 January 1934 – 3 January 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half.
He joined Burnley in 1950 as an amateur, signing as a professional a year later. He made no first team appearances for Burnley after leaving for Southport in 1957. After less than a year at Southport, he moved to Workington, where he made nearly 50 league appearances. A move to York City saw him finish his Football League career, where he made seven appearances. After retiring from football, Alexander worked in the steel industry for a number of years before retiring in the 1990s.
Born in Arbroath, Angus, Alexander started his career with Arbroath YC before joining Burnley as an amateur on 5 July 1950 and signing a professional contract on 25 January 1951. [2] Although he was considered an understudy to Jimmy McIlroy, [4] he made no first team appearances for Burnley, and served his National Service from 1952 to 1954 in Cyprus and Suez while playing football for the British Army. [2] [3] After completing his military service, he joined Southport for a four-figure fee in July 1957. [2] He made 14 appearances and scored one goal in the league before the club placed him on the transfer list because he was dissatisfied with playing reserve team football. [1] [2] He signed for Workington in February 1958 in exchange for Tommy Kinloch, [5] making 49 appearances and scoring four goals in the league. [1]
Alexander joined York City in June 1959 as part of an exchange deal which saw Tom Brownlee move to Workington. [3] After making seven appearances for York he left the club in 1960, and subsequently worked for the Distington Engineering Company. [3] He had trials with his former club Workington in December 1961, but the club was unable to afford to sign him. [3] He made no further professional appearances. After working in the steel industry for 14 years and then at a printing firm, he took early retirement in the early 1990s. [4] He died in Workington on 3 January 2010 at the age of 75 after suffering from an illness. [2] [4]