Alex Stewart (goalkeeper)

Alex Stewart

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Stewart
Place of birth	Perth, Scotland [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Perth Roselea		(0)
1908–1917	Falkirk	278	(0)
1916	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	1	(0)
1917–1918	Cowdenbeath
1918–1920	Partick Thistle	32	(0)
1920	Vale of Atholl
1920–1924	St Johnstone	63	(0)
1921	→ Falkirk (loan)	0	(0)
1924–1927	Arbroath	64	(0)
International career
1919	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
1916–1917	Scottish League (wartime)	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Stewart was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His longest spell was with Falkirk (winning the Scottish Cup with the Bairns in 1913), with other clubs including Partick Thistle, St Johnstone and Arbroath. ^{[1] [2]}

He was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1919 while at Partick Thistle, ^{[3] [4]} having featured for the Scotland Junior international team in 1908 which helped to launch his career. ^[1] On both occasions, his team were well beaten by their English opponents but Stewart was praised for his performance.

After retiring from playing he maintained an interest in sport: playing golf, owning a snooker and billiards hall in his hometown of Perth and introducing indoor lawn bowls greens to Arbroath. ^[1]

Stewart's son, also named Alex, was also a footballer who played as a forward and was also capped once by the SFL XI. ^[1]

References

1. The Hawthorns Series, Scottish Sport History, October 2014
2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. SFL player Alex Stewart, London Hearts Supporters Club
4. Thistle humbled at Birmingham, Dundee Courier, 24 February 1919, via Partick Thistle History Archive