Alex Forsyth (footballer, born 1928)

Alex Forsyth
Personal information
Full name Alexander Simpson Hutchinson Forsyth[1]
Date of birth (1928-09-29)29 September 1928[1]
Place of birth Camelon,[1] Scotland
Date of death 30 March 2020(2020-03-30) (aged 91)
Place of death Falkirk, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Linlithgow Rose
1951–1952 Albion Rovers 14 (0)
1952–1953 Darlington 26 (7)
1953–1956 East Stirlingshire[a] 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Simpson Hutchinson Forsyth (29 September 1928 – 30 March 2020) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Albion Rovers and East Stirlingshire and in the English Football League for Darlington in the 1950s. He also played junior football for Linlithgow Rose. After retiring as a player because of injury, he went on to work as chief scout for East Stirlingshire, and later became a director of the club.[2][3]

Forsyth died in Falkirk on 30 March 2020.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c Simpson, Martyn (13 April 2020). "Obituary: Former 'Shire director passes away". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Alex Forsyth". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Forsyth warns Shire board he's not quitting just yet". Falkirk Herald. 20 December 2001. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Obituary – Alex Forsyth". East Stirlingshire F.C. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Alex Forsyth". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2023.


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