| Sandy Grosert | |
| Fullname: | Alexander Ramsay Grosert |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Leith, Scotland |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Position: | Right half |
| Clubs1: | Newtongrange Star |
| Years2: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs2: | Leith Athletic |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1912–1920 |
| Clubs3: | Hibernian |
| Caps3: | 106 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1915 |
| Clubs4: | → Leith Athletic (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1920–1923 |
| Clubs5: | Aberdeen |
| Caps5: | 67 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1923 |
| Clubs6: | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Caps6: | 7 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
Alexander Ramsay Grosert MC (1 January 1889 – 12 September 1952) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a right half in the Scottish League for Hibernian, Aberdeen, Leith Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic.[2] [3]
Grosert served in McCrae's Battalion, the Machine Gun Corps and the Gordon Highlanders of the British Army during the First World War.[4] Grosert was serving as a second lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders in 1918 when he performed an action which was recognised with the Military Cross:[5]
Grosert was severely gassed and wounded during the war. After his retirement from football, he became an amateur golfer and was also a qualified dentist.[6]
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leith Athletic | 1911–12 | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hibernian | 1911–12[7] | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1912–13 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
| 1913–14 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 1914–15 | 25 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 1915–16 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1917–18 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1918–19 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 1919–20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 106 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 118 | 4 | |||
| Leith Athletic (loan) | 1914–15 | Scottish Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1920–21 | Scottish First Division | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
| 1921–22 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 1922–23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 1 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1923–24 | Scottish Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 194 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 217 | 5 | |||