Andy Aitken (footballer, born 1919) explained

Andy Aitken
Fullname:	Andrew Irving Aitken^[1]
Birth Date:	15 October 1919
Birth Place:	Cathcart, Scotland
Death Date:	^[2]
Death Place:	Glasgow, Scotland
Position:	Inside right
Years1:	–1939
Clubs1:	Shawfield
Years2:	1939–1944
Clubs2:	Queen's Park
Caps2:	116
Goals2:	29
Years3:	1944–1945
Clubs3:	Third Lanark
Years4:	1945–1946
Clubs4:	Hamilton Academical
Years5:	1946–1949
Clubs5:	Queen's Park
Caps5:	56
Goals5:	26
Nationalyears1:	1948
Nationalteam1:	Great Britain
Nationalcaps1:	1
Nationalgoals1:	1

Andrew Irving Aitken (15 October 1919 – 8 June 2000) was a Scottish amateur footballer who made over 170 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside right.^{[3] [4] [5]} He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Personal life

Prior to and during the Second World War, Aitken worked for David Colville & Sons in Motherwell.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.
2. News: Crampsey . Bob . 15 August 2000 . Andy Aitken . . . 3 November 2013.
3. Web site: Aitken, Andrew Irving . 25 July 2018 . QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website.
4. Web site: 1945–46 . 25 July 2018 . Hamilton Academical Memory Bank.
5. Web site: Aitken, Andy (1945) . 21 November 2020 . Hamilton Academical Memory Bank.
6. Web site: Andrew Aitken . 6 November 2020 . 11v11.com.
7. Web site: Andy Aitken . 21 November 2020 . Team GB . en-gb.
8. Web site: Andy Aitken . Olympedia . 14 October 2021.
9. Andy Aitken . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/andy-aitken-1.html . 18 April 2020 . 17 November 2017.