Personal information | |||
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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
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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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
- "Alexander Brown Johnston | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- Alexander Johnston on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "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.
- Meffen, John. "Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39" (PDF). p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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- Scottish men's footballers
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- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen