Alex Young (footballer, born 1937)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Young | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Loanhead, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newtongrange Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1955–1960 | Hearts | 155 | (71) |
| 1960–1968 | Everton | 228 | (77) |
| 1968 | Glentoran | 6 | (1) |
| 1968–1969 | Stockport County | 23 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1958–1960 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (2) |
| 1960–1966 | Scotland | 8 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1968 | Glentoran | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alex Young (born 3 February 1937) is a Scottish former football player. He was a prolific goal-scorer in Everton's 1962-63 championship season.
Biography
Alex Young first played for Newtongrange Star in Midlothian but soon joined Hearts making his debut at the age of 18. He helped Hearts win the Scottish First Division championship in 1958 with 20 goals. Two seasons later he scored 23 goals when Hearts won the title again.
Young and George Thomson were signed by Everton from Hearts in November 1960,[1] but Young was not an immediate success at Goodison Park. However his partnership with Roy Vernon soon blossomed. Young scored 22 league goals in the 42 league games in the 1962-63 season and made many other goals. His elegant touch earned him the nickname of 'The Golden Vision', a title coined by Danny Blanchflower - "...the view every Saturday that we have of a more perfect world, a world that has got a pattern and is finite. And that's Alex – the Golden Vision."
Alex Young featured as himself in a drama-documentary film by Ken Loach called "The Golden Vision", released in 1969.[2]
In addition to the championship, Young won an FA Cup winners medal in Everton's epic win in the 1966 FA Cup Final. Young also won eight caps for Scotland. Young scored 87 goals in 273 appearances in all competitions for Everton before being sold to Glentoran in 1968 for £10,000.[3][4] Young later played briefly for Stockport County for 23 games before a knee injury forced his retirement.
After football Young ran his family's upholstery business in Edinburgh before retiring. His son, Jason, became a professional footballer in the 1990s but could not match his famous father's prowess, and spent his career mostly in the Scottish lower divisions.
Belatedly, in August 2001, Everton gave Alex Young a testimonial at Goodison, with over 20,000 turning out to salute him.
External links
- Alex Young page at www.evertonfc.com
- Hall of Fame: Young, Alex ("Golden Vision") from wwww.toffeeweb.com
References
- ↑ Prentice, David (23 November 2010). "Dave Prentice on the 50th anniversary of Golden Vision Alex Young signing for Everton FC". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Prentice, David (2008-08-16). "Forty years on - the Golden Vision Alex Young is back". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ↑ http://www.glentoran-fc.co.uk/managers.htm
- ↑ "Transfer agreement for Alexander Young between Everton F.C. and Glentoran F.C.". The Everton Collection. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
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