| Alex Barrie | |
| Fullname: | Alexander W. Barrie |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Camlachie, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Canal du Nord, France |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Years1: | 1898–1901 |
| Clubs1: | Parkhead |
| Years2: | 1901–1902 |
| Clubs2: | St Bernard's |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1902–1907 |
| Clubs3: | Sunderland |
| Caps3: | 66 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs4: | Rangers |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1908–1912 |
| Clubs5: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps5: | 121 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Clubs6: | Abercorn |
| Nationalyears1: | 1901 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland Juniors |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Alexander W. Barrie (18 August 1878 – 1 October 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock, Rangers and St Bernard's as a centre half.[1] [2] He also played in the Football League for Sunderland and was capped by Scotland at junior level.[3] [4]
Barrie served as a corporal in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Canal du Nord on 1 October 1918,[5] just over five weeks before the armistice.[6] He was buried in Flesquières Hill British Cemetery.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| St Bernard's | 1901–02[7] | Scottish Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Sunderland | 1902–03[8] | First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1903–04[9] | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 1904–05[10] | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 1905–06[11] | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 1906–07[12] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 4 | |||
| Rangers | 1907–08 | Scottish First Division | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Kilmarnock | 1908–09 | Scottish First Division | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 1909–10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| 1910–11 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 1911–12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 121 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 210 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 223 | 12 | |||
Parkhead
Abercorn