Alex Weir (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Weir | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Bathgate, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 10 January 2003 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Margate, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stoneyburn Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1936 | Preston North End | ||
| 1936–1938 | Waterford United | ||
| 1938–1939 | Shelbourne | ||
| 1939 | Glenavon | ||
| 1939-1940 | Ballymena United | ||
| 1940–1944 | Glentoran | ||
| Hartlepools United (guest) | |||
| Middlesbrough (guest) | |||
| Millwall (guest) | |||
| Tranmere Rovers (guest) | |||
| 1945–1947 | Watford | 1 | (0) |
| 1947–1948 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1948 | Margate | 9 | (3) |
| Northampton Town | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1948 | Margate | ||
| 1950-1952 | FC Bern | ||
| Burma | |||
| 1955 | Hayes | ||
| 1956-1958 | Letchworth Town | ||
| 1957 | Valur | ||
| 1957 | Iceland | ||
| 1958-1959 | Hendon | ||
| 1959-1960 | Hayes | ||
| 1961-1963 | St Albans City | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alexander "Alex" Weir (20 October 1916 – 10 January 2003) was a Scottish professional footballer born in Bathgate, who played as an striker.
He represented Preston North End, Waterford United, Shelbourne, Glenavon, Ballymena United, Glentoran, Hartlepools United, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Tranmere Rovers, Watford,[1] Northampton Town and Margate.[2]
After his playing career, he became manager of Margate, FC Bern,[3] Burma, Hayes,[4] Letchworth Town, Valur, Iceland,[5] Hendon, Hayes and St Albans City.
References
- ↑ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.html
- ↑ http://www.margatefchistory.com/alexweir.shtml
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html#b
- ↑ http://www.hyufc.com/history_files/watts-weir.html
- ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UQd8wcLAkbYJ:timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp%3FpageId%3D2777082+alexander+weir&cd=10&hl=fr&ct=clnk&gl=fr&lr=lang_is&client=firefox-a
| ||||||
| ||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.