Gus Alexander

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Angus Charles Alexander (10 January 1934 – 3 January 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half.

He joined Burnley in 1950 as an amateur, signing as a professional a year later. He made no first team appearances for Burnley after leaving for Southport in 1957. After less than a year at Southport, he moved to Workington, where he made nearly 50 league appearances. A move to York City saw him finish his Football League career, where he made seven appearances. After retiring from football, Alexander worked in the steel industry for a number of years before retiring in the 1990s.

Career

Born in Arbroath, Angus, Alexander started his career with Arbroath YC before joining Burnley as an amateur on 5 July 1950 and signing a professional contract on 25 January 1951.[1] Although he was considered an understudy to Jimmy McIlroy,[2] he made no first team appearances for Burnley, and served his National Service from 1952 to 1954 in Cyprus and Suez while playing football for the British Army.[1][3] After completing his military service, he joined Southport for a four-figure fee in July 1957.[1] He made 14 appearances and scored one goal in the league before the club placed him on the transfer list because he was dissatisfied with playing reserve team football.[4][1] He signed for Workington in February 1958 in exchange for Tommy Kinloch,[5] making 49 appearances and scoring four goals in the league.[4]

Alexander joined York City in June 1959 as part of an exchange deal which saw Tom Brownlee move to Workington.[3] After making seven appearances for York he left the club in 1960, and subsequently worked for the Distington Engineering Company.[3] He had trials with his former club Workington in December 1961, but the club was unable to afford to sign him.[3] He made no further professional appearances. After working in the steel industry for 14 years and then at a printing firm, he took early retirement in the early 1990s.[2] He died in Workington on 3 January 2010 at the age of 75 after suffering from an illness.[1][2]

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