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Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1952–53.
The 1952–53 season was the 73rd season of competitive football by Rangers.
The 1952–53 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers on goal average over nearest rival Hibernian. Motherwell and Third Lanark finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1953–54 Scottish Division Two.
The 1952–53 Scottish League Cup was the seventh season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Dundee for a second successive season, who defeated Kilmarnock in the Final.
Alexander "Alex" Erskine Fiddes was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached rugby league in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Hawick RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for British Empire XIII, and at club level for Huddersfield (captain), as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, and coached club level rugby league (RL) for Huddersfield and Batley.
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- ↑ "1952-53 Scottish National League Standings" . Retrieved 2020-03-15.