Gus Alexander
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
wing half
.
He joined
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.
Career
Born in
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]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- ^ a b c d e f "Profile : Gus Alexander". Southport F.C. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-9531005-0-2.
- ^ a b c "Obituary – Gus Alexander, of Workington". Times & Star. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Tommy Kinloch at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database