Alex Ferguson (footballer, born 1913)

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Alex Ferguson
Personal information
Full name Alexander Ferguson
Date of birth 1913 [1]
Place of birth Monifieth, Scotland [2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
– Lochee Harp
1934–1936 St Johnstone 48 (12)
1936 → Hibernian (loan) 8 (1)
1936–1939 Heart of Midlothian 15 (3)
1939 Rochdale
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Ferguson (born 1913-?) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for clubs including St Johnstone, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian.

While with St Johnstone, he was selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1935; none of the matches was considered a full international. [3] [4] [5] He had earlier represented his country at Junior level while with Lochee Harp. [6]

His spell at Hibs [7] was a short end-of-season loan to aid the team in their fight against relegation in 1935–36, which was successful. He then signed for their Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts, where a first campaign establishing himself was followed by a goal in the first round of the 1937–38 season; [8] he also scored in the club's next fixture against Hibs in the Wilson Cup, but then suffered a badly broken leg in the last minute of the match. [9] Ferguson never played for Hearts again due to the injury, signing for Rochdale in 1939 after a short trial with Falkirk, but he only made one Football League appearance prior to the outbreak of World War II, with the matches played declared void. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Duchess of Richmond, Liverpool, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, 1 June 1935, via Ancestry (subscription required)
  2. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1935". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1935 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ↑ David Litterer (1 June 2011). "The Year in American Soccer - 1935". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Junior Scotland 1889 to 2019: The Players and Matches, Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 13 June 2021
  7. ↑ (Hibernian player) Ferguson, Alexander, FitbaStats
  8. ↑ (Hearts player) Alex Ferguson, London Hearts Supporters Club
  9. ↑ Hearts' Winger's Leg Broken, The Scotsman, 19 August 1937, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  10. ↑ Ferguson Alex Image 1 St Johnstone 1934, Vintage Footballers


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