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| birth_place = [[Glenbuck]], Scotland |
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| death_date = 15 September 1961 |
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| death_place = [[Muirkirk] |
| death_place = [[Muirkirk], Scotland |
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| position = [[Inside left]], [[left half]] |
| position = [[Inside left]], [[left half]] |
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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1916 |
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Revision as of 22:13, 4 May 2022
{{Infobox football biography | name = Alec Shankly | fullname = Alexander Shankly[1] | birth_date = 29 January 1897 | birth_place = Glenbuck, Scotland | death_date = 15 September 1961 | death_place = [[Muirkirk], Scotland | position = Inside left, left half | years1 = –1916 | clubs1 = Glenbuck Cherrypickers | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1916–1920 | clubs2 = Ayr United | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1920–1922 | clubs3 = Nithsdale Wanderers | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1922– | clubs4 = Portsmouth | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = –1923 | clubs5 = Nithsdale Wanderers | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 }} Alexander Shankly was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Ayr United and Nithsdale Wanderers as an inside left.[1]
Personal life
Shankly's brothers Bill, Jimmy, John and Bob all became footballers.[2] He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.[2] Shankly was troubled by sciatica after the war and returned to work as a miner before being forced into early retirement.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ayr United | 1916–17[1] | Scottish Division One | 18 | 2 | — | 18 | 2 | |
| 1917–18[1] | 11 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 3 | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| Nithsdale Wanderers | 1923–24[1] | Scottish Division Three | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b Worthington, David. "Glenbuck – Bill Shankly – The Glenbuck Years". www.ayrshirehistory.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Kelly, Stephen F. (31 May 2011). Bill Shankly: It's Much More Important Than That: The Biography. Random House. p. 14. ISBN 9780753546765.
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