Alex Weir (soccer) explained

Alex Weir
Birth Place:Scotland
Death Place:United States
Position:Defender
Clubs1:Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic
Clubs2:New York Americans
Clubs3:Brooklyn Wanderers
Clubs4:Brookhattan

Alex Weir was a Scottish-American soccer defender who played in the second American Soccer League from 1936 to 1949. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Weir moved to the United States when he was nineteen and spent thirteen seasons in the American Soccer League. Weir was the captain of St. Mary's Celtic when it finished runner-up to Chicago Sparta in the 1938 National Challenge Cup.[1] In 1944, he played for the Brooklyn Wanderers.[2] In 1975, he was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://thecup.us/the-open-cup-final-1914-present/ National Challenge Cup Finals
  2. http://www.bigsoccer.com/soccer/roger-allaway/2011/03/23/d-day-at-the-polo-grounds/ D-Day at the Polo Grounds
  3. Web site: The Year in American Soccer – 1975 . 2012-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151105121106/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html#other . 2015-11-05 . dead .