Alex Ferguson | |
Fullname: | Alexander Ferguson |
Position: | Outside right |
Birth Date: | 1913[1] |
Birth Place: | Monifieth, Scotland[2] |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Lochee Harp |
Years2: | 1934–1936 |
Clubs2: | St Johnstone |
Caps2: | 48 |
Goals2: | 12 |
Years3: | 1936 |
Clubs3: | → Hibernian (loan) |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1936–1939 |
Clubs4: | Heart of Midlothian |
Caps4: | 15 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 1939 |
Clubs5: | Rochdale |
Alexander Ferguson (born 1913-?) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for clubs including St Johnstone, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian.
While with St Johnstone, he was selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1935; none of the matches was considered a full international.[3] [4] [5] He had earlier represented his country at Junior level while with Lochee Harp.[6]
His spell at Hibs[7] was a short end-of-season loan to aid the team in their fight against relegation in 1935–36, which was successful. He then signed for their Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts, where a first campaign establishing himself was followed by a goal in the first round of the 1937–38 season;[8] he also scored in the club's next fixture against Hibs in the Wilson Cup, but then suffered a badly broken leg in the last minute of the match.[9] Ferguson never played for Hearts again due to the injury, signing for Rochdale in 1939 after a short trial with Falkirk, but he only made one Football League appearance prior to the outbreak of World War II, with the matches played declared void.[10]