Alex Stewart (goalkeeper)

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Alex Stewart
Personal information
Full name Alexander Stewart
Place of birth Perth, Scotland [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Perth Roselea (0)
1908–1917 Falkirk 278 (0)
1916Heart of Midlothian (loan) 1 (0)
1917–1918 Cowdenbeath
1918–1920 Partick Thistle 32 (0)
1920 Vale of Atholl
1920–1924 St Johnstone 63 (0)
1921Falkirk (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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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