Alex Downie (footballer)

Alex Downie
Personal information
Full name Alexander Leck Brown Downie
Date of birth 8 October 1876
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death December 1953 (aged 76–77)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Wing half
Youth career
000?–1898 Glasgow Perthshire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898–1899 Third Lanark ? (?)
1899–1900 Bristol City ? (?)
1900–1902 Swindon Town ? (?)
1902–1909 Manchester United 172 (12)
1909–1911 Oldham Athletic 48 (0)
1911–1912 Crewe Alexandra (player-coach) ? (?)
Total 220 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alexander Leck Brown "Alex" Downie (8 October 1876 – 9 December 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half. He was born in Glasgow,[1] and played for Glasgow Perthshire and Third Lanark, before moving to England to play for Bristol City in the 1890s. He then joined Swindon Town before moving to Manchester United in October 1902. He was able to play in all three half-back positions, and thus earned a regular first-team spot even after being replaced by Dick Duckworth. In 1909, after scoring 14 goals in 191 appearances for United, he moved to Oldham Athletic. In the 1909-10 season, he skippered the Latics to promotion to the First Division.

References

  1. ↑ 1876 Births in the District of St Rollox in the County of Lanark District 644/6 page 551 no 1652


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