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Alex Dick
Personal information
Full name Alexander Russell Dick
Date of birth 1894
Place of birth Harthill, Scotland
Date of death 1958(1958-00-00) (aged 63–64)
Place of death Harthill, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Armadale
1919–1927 Airdrieonians  244 (2)
1919–1920 Armadale (loan)  
1927–1928 Dykehead  
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Russell "Sanny" Dick (1894 – 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for Airdrieonians.

Installed as a first-team regular in defence in his second season (he initially played as a forward after joining from Armadale and featured less frequently), he missed only eight league matches across the four consecutive seasons where the Diamonds finished as runners-up in the Scottish Football League and also played in the 1924 Scottish Cup Final in which Airdrie defeated Hibernian[1] to claim their only major trophy. In 1927 he was advised to stop playing football for health reasons, and Jimmy Crapnell was brought in as a replacement; Dick had a brief spell with Dykehead in his home district after leaving Broomfield Park.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ The Cup Final | Airdrieonians' First Success, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1924
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ^ Greatest XI - 2. Right Back, Airdrieonians FC, 6 February 2016