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Scottish footballer

Sandy Torrance
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Donaldson Torrance
Date of birth	(1901-09-29)29 September 1901
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	14 April 1941(1941-04-14) (aged 39)
Place of death	Bristol, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Left half
Youth career
	Renfrew juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1921–1928	Bristol City	167	(10)
1928–19??	Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Donaldson Torrance (29 September 1901 – 14 April 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half.

Career

Alexander "Sandy" Torrance initially played locally with Renfrew juniors. Joe Palmer signed Torrance in June 1921 for Bristol City. Torrance played alongside Bert Neesam and had a benefit match v Gillingham on 15 January 1927 in which Tot Walsh scored 6 goals in a 9–4 win although Torrance himself did not play. Torrance joined Bath City in July 1928. A Fire Guard in the Second World War, Sandy Torrance died on 14 April 1941 after injury in an air raid on Bedminster, Bristol on 11 April 1941.

Honours

with Bristol City

Football League Third Division South winner: 1922–23

References

"The lure of promotion. Bristol City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
^ Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.
"Alexander Donaldson Torrance". cwgc.org. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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