Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Gair Stott | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 April 1925||
Place of birth | Monifieth, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 19 December 1998 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | East Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1947 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
1947–1949 | Dundee | 23 | (30) |
1949–1953 | Partick Thistle | 84 | (59) |
1953–1954 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | (1) |
Total | 109 | (90) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Gair Stott (19 April 1925 – 19 December 1998)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward for clubs including Dundee and Partick Thistle.[3][4][5]
With Dundee, he finished as the top goalscorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1948–49 season,[6] but achieved notoriety in the last match of that season when he had penalty kick saved in a match against Falkirk which Dundee went on to lose, having been in the position where they would win the title with a victory.[7] At Partick, he was the focal point of an attack-focused team which impressed spectators but did not win any trophies.[8]