Alf Boyd | |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1920 |
Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | South Africa |
Position: | Wing half |
Clubs1: | Dundee North End |
Years2: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs2: | St Johnstone |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 1947–1953 |
Clubs3: | Dundee |
Caps3: | 170 |
Goals3: | 18 |
Clubs4: | Marist Bros. |
Totalcaps: | 176 |
Totalgoals: | 20 |
Nationalyears1: | 1949 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI[2] |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Managerclubs1: | Marist Bros. |
Managerclubs2: | Durban City |
Alf Boyd (22 October 1920 – 3 July 1998) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Born in Dundee, Boyd played in Scotland for Dundee North End, St Johnstone and Dundee; he was later player-coach of Marist Bros. in South Africa.[3] He went on to manage Durban City.[1]
Boyd played 235 games and scored 27 times for Dundee. He only missed six games in that period. He captained Dundee to consecutive League Cup wins.[4]
Boyd was later on the backroom staff when Dundee won the League in 1962.[4]
Boyd played for the Scotland Schoolboys team against England in 1935.[4]
His solitary senior international honour was being selected for the Scottish League against the Football League in 1949.[4]
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