Alexander Johnston | |
Fullname: | Alexander Brown Johnston[1] |
Birth Date: | 1881 |
Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
Death Date: | 17 August 1917 (aged 36) |
Death Place: | West Flanders, Belgium |
Position: | Outside right, inside left |
Years1: | –1899 |
Clubs1: | Falkirk Amateurs |
Years2: | 1899–1900 |
Clubs2: | Falkirk |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | –1904 |
Clubs3: | Camelon Juniors |
Years4: | 1904–1906 |
Clubs4: | Falkirk |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Alexander Brown Johnston (1881 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an outside right.[2] He was nicknamed 'Spinner'.[3]
Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 years. He served as an acting bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 17 August 1917. He was buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, north of Ypres.
Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Falkirk | 1904–05[4] | Scottish Second Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |