Alex Bain

Alexander Bain
Personal information
Date of birth 22 January 1936 (1936-01-22) (age 76)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 Motherwell 23 (10)
1957–1959 Huddersfield Town 29 (11)
1959–1960 Chesterfield 18 (9)
1960–1961 Falkirk 9 (7)
1961–1962 Bournemouth 8 (4)
1962–1963 Falkirk 9 (5)
Total 96 (46)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Alex Bain (born January 22, 1936) was a former professional footballer, who played for teams in both Scotland & England. He scored two goals for in the extraordinary match between Charlton Athletic F.C. and Huddersfield Town F.C. that took place on 21 December 1957 at Charlton Athletic's home ground, The Valley. Charlton played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Derek Ufton was injured, and Huddersfield were leading 5–1 with just 27 minutes remaining. At that point, Johnny Summers began an extraordinary passage of play in which he scored five goals and assisted with two others to allow Charlton to win 7–6. Huddersfield become the first, and still the only, team to score six goals in an English Football League match - or indeed any other professional football match - and still be on the losing side.

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