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Alex Stott
Personal information
Full name Alexander Gair Stott
Date of birth (1925-04-19)19 April 1925[1]
Place of birth Monifieth, Scotland
Date of death 19 December 1998(1998-12-19) (aged 73)
Place of death East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Portsmouth 0 (0)
1947–1949 Dundee 23 (30)
1949–1953 Partick Thistle 84 (59)
1953–1954 Hamilton Academical 2 (1)
Total 109 (90)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Gair Stott (19 April 1925 – 19 December 1998)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward for clubs including Dundee and Partick Thistle.[3][4][5]

With Dundee, he finished as the top goalscorer in Scottish Football League Division One in the 1948–49 season,[6] but achieved notoriety in the last match of that season when he had penalty kick saved in a match against Falkirk which Dundee went on to lose, having been in the position where they would win the title with a victory.[7] At Partick, he was the focal point of an attack-focused team which impressed spectators but did not win any trophies.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Alex Stott". The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2015
  3. ^ Dundee: 1946/47 – 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ Partick Thistle: 1946/47 – 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. ^ Hamilton Academical: 1946/47 – 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  6. ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF, 20 June 2019
  7. ^ Played for Dundee and Hamilton Academical – Alex Stott, Dundee FC, 11 August 2017
  8. ^ Alex Stott, The Herald, 26 December 1998