Alec Milne

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Alec Milne
Personal information
Full name Alexander Soutar Milne [1]
Date of birth (1937-06-04) 4 June 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1955 Dundee Violet
1955–1957 Arbroath 40 (0)
1957–1965 Cardiff City 172 (1)
1965–? Barry Town
1965 Toronto Inter-Roma
International career
1959 Scotland U23 [2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Soutar Milne (born 4 June 1937) is a Scottish former professional footballer. [3]

Career

Born in Dundee, Milne began his career at Arbroath before moving to Cardiff City in 1957. By the end of his first season at the club he had established himself in the side. He was a vital part of the Cardiff squad at the time, being ever present in the 1958–59 and 1961–62 seasons, scoring his only league goal in a 3–2 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the latter.

He had injury problems in 1964/65 and drifted out of contention for a place in the Cardiff team. [4]

He was allowed to leave the club soon after and finished his career at Barry Town before emigrating to Canada in 1965 to play in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Inter-Roma. [5]

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References

  1. "Alec Milne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. "Scotland U23 Player Alex Milne Details".
  3. "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. "It was a Real shame as City lost out to Zaragoza in last eight". Wales Online. Media Wales. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. "Crosswords". The Province. 26 April 1965. p. 15. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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