Brader in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1942-10-06)6 October 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Date of death | 27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 82) | ||
Place of death | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1956 | Horncastle United | ||
1956–1963 | Grimsby Town | 2 | (0) |
1963–19?? | Skegness Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alec Brader, MBE (6 October 1942 – 27 October 2024) was an English professional footballer, schoolteacher and youth athletics coach who played as an inside forward. Following his football career he became a schoolteacher teaching Physical Education, Geography, and European Studies, spending most of his career at William Lovell Academy where he eventually became Deputy Headmaster. He also volunteered as a youth athletics coach for Lincolnshire teams for over 40 years. For the Easter time he organized and went on tour with the Lincs Schools F.A. to the triborder area of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. The youth football players took part in international tournaments and friendly matches.
For his services to "young people" he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Years Honours list.
Brader died from kidney disease in Lincoln, on 27 October 2024, at the age of 82.
References
- Marinersarchive: Alec Brader
- Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 18. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- Lincs Schools F.A.
- "Boston's Alec Brader to become an MBE". www.bostonstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- "London Gazette, Supplement 58929, page 14". London Gazette. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- Brader, Sue. "The family of Alec Brader sadly wish to announce after a long battle with kidney disease Alec passed away at Lincoln hospital". Facebook. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- "Alec Brader MBE". Funeral Notices. Retrieved 4 November 2024.