Alex McGeoch

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Alex McGeoch
Personal information
Birth name Alexander McGeoch
Date of birth(1854-03-10)10 March 1854
Place of birth Partick, Scotland
Date of death 24 January 1922(1922-01-24) (aged 67)
Place of death Birmingham, England [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Glasgow Western
Dumbreck
International career
1876–1877 Scotland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander McGeoch (10 March 1854 – 24 January 1922) was a Scottish footballer who played for Glasgow Western, Dumbreck and Scotland. [2] A goalkeeper, he was the only serving Dumbreck player to have been selected for international duty. [3] McGeoch also played cricket and rugby union (representing the West of Scotland club in both sports); [1] [2] in his professional life he was a company director at a brass hardware firm in England, and in 1920 was awarded an OBE for services relating to work in relation to the First World War. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN   9798513846642.
  2. 1 2 ( Smith 2013 , p. 180)
  3. ↑ Scotland Football Records | Clubs played for | Dumbreck, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 21 February 2022
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