Alex McGeoch | |
Birth Name: | Alexander McGeoch |
Birth Date: | 1854 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Partick, Scotland |
Death Place: | Birmingham, England[1] |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Clubs1: | Glasgow Western |
Clubs2: | Dumbreck |
Nationalyears1: | 1876–1877 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Alexander McGeoch (10 March 1854 – 24 January 1922) was a Scottish footballer who played for Glasgow Western, Dumbreck and Scotland. A goalkeeper, he was the only serving Dumbreck player to have been selected for international duty.[2] McGeoch also played cricket and rugby union (representing the West of Scotland club in both sports);[1] in his professional life he was a company director at a brass hardware firm in England, and in 1920 was awarded an OBE for services relating to work in relation to the First World War. [1]