Alex Highet | |
Fullname: | Alexander Galt Highet |
Birth Date: | c. 1914 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Date: | 14 October 1940 (aged 26) |
Death Place: | HMT Lord Stamp, English Channel, off Isle of Portland, England |
Position: | Left back |
Years1: | 1938 |
Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
Caps1: | 1 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Alexander Galt Highet (c. 1914 – 14 October 1940) was a Scottish amateur footballer who made one appearance in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a left back.[1]
Highet served as an able seaman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was killed in the English Channel when HMT Lord Stamp hit a naval mine on 14 October 1940.[2] Highet is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Queen's Park | 1937–38 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |