Alexander Jardine (12 April 1926 – 6 June 1978) was a Scottish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
, who played as a
full back.
Career
Jardine began his career in the mid-1940s with
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...
, spending four years at
Tannadice
Tannadice Park, officially known as The CalForth Construction Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Du ...
before moving to
Millwall
Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of ...
in 1950 for £700.
He was selected to play for the
Third Division South representative side in 1954/55, 1955/56 and 1956/57 (both games). Jardine spent eight years with Millwall before retiring in 1958 due to an
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcane ...
injury.
Jardine died in 1978.
References
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1926 births
Footballers from Motherwell
1978 deaths
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish Football League players
Dundee United F.C. players
English Football League players
Millwall F.C. players
Men's association football fullbacks
20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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