Alexander Simpson Hutchinson Forsyth (29 September 1928 – 30 March 2020) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played in the
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...
for
Albion Rovers and
East Stirlingshire and in the English
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...
for
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
in the 1950s. He also played
junior football for
Linlithgow Rose. After retiring as a player because of injury, he went on to work as chief scout for East Stirlingshire and later became a director of the club.
Forsyth died in
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
on 30 March 2020.
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References
1928 births
2020 deaths
Footballers from Falkirk (council area)
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Linlithgow Rose F.C. players
Albion Rovers F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
East Stirlingshire F.C. players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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