Alex Stott Explained

Alex Stott
Fullname:Alexander Gair Stott
Position:Centre forward
Birth Date:1925 4, df=y[1]
Birth Place:Monifieth, Scotland
Death Place:East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Years1:1946–1947
Clubs1:Portsmouth
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1947–1949
Caps2:23
Goals2:30
Years3:1949–1953
Clubs3:Partick Thistle
Caps3:84
Goals3:59
Years4:1953–1954
Clubs4:Hamilton Academical
Caps4:2
Goals4:1
Totalcaps:109
Totalgoals:90

Alexander Gair Stott (19 April 1925 – 19 December 1998)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward for clubs including Dundee and Partick Thistle.[3] [4] [5]

With Dundee, he finished as the top goalscorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1948–49 season,[6] but achieved notoriety in the last match of that season when he had penalty kick saved in a match against Falkirk which Dundee went on to lose, having been in the position where they would win the title with a victory.[7] At Partick, he was the focal point of an attack-focused team which impressed spectators but did not win any trophies.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alex Stott . The Thistle Archive . 26 January 2023.
  2. Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2015
  3. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/dundee/dundee.html Dundee: 1946/47 – 2013/14
  4. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/partick/partick.html Partick Thistle: 1946/47 – 2013/14
  5. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hamilton/hamilton.html Hamilton Academical: 1946/47 – 2013/14
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scottops.html Scotland – List of Topscorers
  7. https://dundeefc.co.uk/news/played-dundee-hamilton-academical-alex-stott/ Played for Dundee and Hamilton Academical – Alex Stott
  8. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12014193.alex-stott/ Alex Stott