Alex Gardner (footballer) explained

Alex Gardner
Fullname:Alexander Gardner
Birth Date:1877
Birth Place:Leith, Scotland
Death Date:1952 (aged 77)
Death Place:South Shields, England
Position:Right half
Years1:1897–1899
Clubs1:Leith Athletic
Caps1:33
Goals1:13
Years2:1899–1910
Clubs2:Newcastle United
Caps2:279
Goals2:22
Totalcaps:312
Totalgoals:35

Alexander Gardner (1877 – 1952) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half.

Career

Born in Leith, Gardner played for local club Leith Athletic[1] then moved to Newcastle United at the end of 1899, making over 300 appearances in the English Football League and FA Cup over the next decade.[2] He won three League titles: 1904–05, 1906–07 and 1908–09 (plus the 1907 Sheriff of London Charity Shield in 1907), and played in three FA Cup finals in 1905, 1906 and 1908, though finishing on the losing side in all of them; he had retired through injury by the time the club first claimed the trophy in 1910.[2]

He played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual international trial match on four occasions,[1] but despite his consistent success at club level was never selected for Scotland.[2]

Notes and References

  1. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  2. http://www.toon1892.co.uk/detail_player.php?id=264 Toon1892 profile