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Scottish footballer

Alexander Johnston
Personal information
Full name Alexander Brown Johnston
Date of birth 1881
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death 17 August 1917 (aged 36)
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium
Position(s) Outside right, inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1899 Falkirk Amateurs
1899–1900 Falkirk 0 (0)
0000–1904 Camelon Juniors
1904–1906 Falkirk 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Brown Johnston (1881 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an outside right. He was nicknamed 'Spinner'.

Personal life

Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 years. He served as an acting bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 17 August 1917. He was buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, north of Ypres.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 1904–05 Scottish Second Division 5 1 0 0 5 1
Career total 5 1 0 0 5 1

References

  1. "Alexander Brown Johnston | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. Alexander Johnston on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF). Scotland's War. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. Meffen, John. "Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39" (PDF). p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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