Alex Ramsay Explained

Alex Ramsay
Fullname:	Alexander Parrott Ramsay
Birth Date:	1899
Birth Place:	Gateshead, England
Death Place:	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England^[1]
Position:	Outside left
Years1:	1917–1918
Clubs1:	Spen Black & White
Years2:	1918–1919
Clubs2:	Swalwell
Years3:	1919–1921
Clubs3:	Newcastle United
Caps3:	34
Goals3:	2
Years4:	1921–1922
Clubs4:	Queens Park Rangers
Caps4:	6
Goals4:	0
Clubs5:	Aberaman Athletic

Alexander Parrott Ramsay (1899–1957) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers.^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Ramsay served as a gunner in the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War.^[4]

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1919–20^[5]	First Division	32	2	2	0	―		34	2
	1920–21		2	0	1	0	―		3	0
	Total		34	2	3	0	―		37	2
Queens Park Rangers	1921–22^[6]	Third Division South	6	0	0	0	1^[7]	0	7	0
Career total			40	2	3	0	1	0	44	2

1. Web site: Death registration . FreeBMD . 24 August 2022.
2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 239.
3. Web site: Ramsay Alex Queen's Park Rangers 1921 . 25 August 2022 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
4. Web site: Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925014711/http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=100&articleid=1421&displayorder=63 . 25 September 2020 . 27 October 2019 . North East War Memorials Project.
5. Web site: Alex Ramsay . 27 October 2019 . 11v11.com.
6. Web site: Seasonal Stats – Files – 1921–22 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123922/http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1921.xls . 9 February 2019 . 27 October 2019 . QPRnet.
7. Appearance in London Challenge Cup