Alex Stuart (footballer)

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Alex Stuart
Personal information
Full name Alexander Stuart
Date of birth (1940-08-08) 8 August 1940 (age 82)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Aberdeen East End
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1969 Dundee 166 (21)
1969 Dundee United 1 (0)
1969–1973 Montrose 76 (8)
Managerial career
1969–1975 Montrose
1975–1978 Ayr United
1978–1980 St Johnstone
1980 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Stuart (born 8 August 1940) is a Scottish former footballer and manager who played as a left-back. [1]

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Beginning his career in 1958 with Dundee, Stuart went on to spend ten years at Dens Park, winning the Scottish Football League in 1961–62 and gaining a Scottish Cup runners-up medal two years later. In 1969, Stuart moved to city rivals Dundee United but left within the year to become player/manager at Montrose. Stuart spent six years at Links Park.

He moved to succeed Ally MacLeod at Premier Division side Ayr United in 1975-76 season. He kept the part-time side in the top flight for two seasons. He had a short, final managerial spell with St Johnstone at the end of the 1970s. Stuart went on to become a sports administrator, working on a project for Dundee and Dundee United to share a youth academy. [2] He is now retired.

After creating many sports centres throughout Dundee, he is now to thank for providing facilities for younger players to try and improve their football. In 2017, he was inducted into the Dundee Hall of Fame for being a part of the 'Golden Era'.

Honours

Dundee

1961–62
1963–64

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References

  1. "Alec Stuart". Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. "Plans For First Joint Footballing Academy". soccer24-7.com. 22 February 2003. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.