Alexander Smith White (born 3 November 1950) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Smith White[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 3 November 1950||
Place of birth | Ballingry, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Glenrothes | |||
1971–1974 | Dundee United | 47 | (11) |
1975–1978 | Forfar Athletic | 61 | (21) |
Glenrothes | |||
Total | 108 | (32) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editWhite began his professional career with Dundee United alongside his identical twin brother Joe, with the siblings playing together for the first time on 18 December 1971 in a 3–0 defeat away to Aberdeen (they were the first pair of twins to play for the club).[3][4][5]
White spent three years at Tannadice[6][2] before moving to Forfar Athletic in 1975, where he went on to make over sixty league appearances.[7][8] In 1978, White left the senior game and returned to Glenrothes, rejoining his brother who had returned to the Fife Junior club four years earlier.
References
edit- ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 10 February 2022
- ^ a b Sandy White Player Profile, Arab Archive. Retrieved 10 February 2022
- ^ "This Week in History Archive: 18th December". Dundee United FC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ Kelly, Pat (1998). Dundee United Who's Who. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. p. 180. ISBN 0-85976-502-4.
- ^ Dundee United FC v Airdrieonians match programme, 22 January 1972 (scan via The Sky Strikers website, published under 'Only their mother etc etc…', 17 November 2013). Retrieved 10 February 2022
- ^ "Dundee United: 1960/61-2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ "Forfar Athletic: 1959/60-2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
- ^ (Forfar Athletic player) White, Alexander, FitbaStats. Retrieved 10 February 2022