Alex Ferguson (footballer, born 1913)
Scottish footballer
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Alexander Ferguson (born 6 March 1913) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for clubs including St Johnstone, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Ferguson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1913[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Monifieth, Scotland[2] | ||
| Position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Lochee Harp | ||
| 1934–1936 | St Johnstone | 48 | (12) |
| 1936 | → Hibernian (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1936–1939 | Heart of Midlothian | 15 | (3) |
| 1939 | Rochdale | ||
| 1950 | Yallourn | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
While with St Johnstone, he was selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1935; none of the matches was considered a full international.[3][4][5] He had earlier represented his country at Junior level while with Lochee Harp.[6]
His spell at Hibs[7] was a short end-of-season loan to aid the team in their fight against relegation in 1935–36, which was successful. He then signed for their Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts, where a first campaign establishing himself was followed by a goal in the first round of the 1937–38 season;[8] he also scored in the club's next fixture against Hibs in the Wilson Cup, but then suffered a badly broken leg in the last minute of the match.[9] Ferguson never played for Hearts again due to the injury, signing for Rochdale in 1939 after a short trial with Falkirk, but he only made one Football League appearance prior to the outbreak of World War II, with the matches played declared void.[10]
He emigrated to Australia and moved to Yallourn, where he became captain of Yallourn SC, the dominant club in Gippsland during the 1950s.[11]
