| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Edward Bain | ||
| Date of birth | (1936-01-22)22 January 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2014 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Camden, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1957 | Motherwell | 23 | (10) |
| 1957–1959 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | (11) |
| 1959–1960 | Chesterfield | 18 | (9) |
| 1960–1961 | Falkirk | 9 | (7) |
| 1961–1962 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 8 | (4) |
| 1962–1963 | Falkirk | 9 | (5) |
| Total | 96 | (46) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexander Edward Bain (22 January 1936 – 2014) was a professional footballer, who played for teams in both Scotland and England.
He scored two goals for in an extraordinary match between Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town that took place on 21 December 1957 at Charlton Athletic's home ground, The Valley. Charlton played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Derek Ufton was injured, and Huddersfield were leading 5–1 with just 27 minutes remaining. At that point, Johnny Summers began an extraordinary passage of play in which he scored five goals and assisted with two others to allow Charlton to win 7–6. Huddersfield become the first, and still the only, team to score six goals in an English Football League match – or indeed any other professional football match – and still be on the losing side.
References
- "Alex Bain". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Loved and lost: Remembering those who died in 2014". Edinburgh Evening News. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Alex Bain". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
External links
- Falkirk FC obituary Archived 22 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Alex Bain at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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- 1936 births
- 2014 deaths
- AFC Bournemouth players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish men's footballers
- English Football League players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1930s birth stubs