Alex Halkett
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Full name
Alexander Laing Halkett[1]
Date of birth
25 September 1881
Place of birth
Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death
21 February 1917 (aged 35)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Laing Halkett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 21 February 1917 (aged 35)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Parkmore | |||
| –1899 | Dundee Violet | ||
| 1899–1904 | Dundee | 16 | (0) |
| 1904–1909 | Aberdeen | 116 | (2) |
| Reading | |||
| 1909–1910 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1910–1911 | Forfar Athletic | ||
| 1911–1913 | St Johnstone | 41 | (3) |
| 1913 | Breadalbane | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexander Laing Halkett (25 September 1881 – 21 February 1917), sometimes known as Ecky Halkett or Alick Halkett,[4] was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen, Dundee and St Johnstone as a right half.[3]
Halkett's older brother John was also a footballer.[5] Prior to his enlistment as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War,[1] he worked as a wheelwright at Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth.[5] Halkett was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais, France on 21 February 1917 and was buried in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery.[2][5]
