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Alex Christie
Personal information
Full name Alexander Jack Christie
Date of birth (1873-09-28)28 September 1873
Place of birth Dunblane, Scotland
Date of death 26 March 1954(1954-03-26) (aged 80)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1897 St Bernard's 7 (1)
1897 Dunblane
1897–1901 Queen's Park 2 (0)
1901–1902 St Bernard's 4 (1)
1902–1903 Queen's Park 15 (4)
International career
1898–1899 Scotland 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Jack Christie (28 September 1873 – 26 March 1954) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and St Bernard's. He was capped by Scotland at international level.

Personal life

Christie was the younger brother of international footballer Robert Christie. Christie studied law in Edinburgh and became a lawyer in Glasgow. He was the sole partner in the legal firm Sellar and Christie and as of his death had been secretary of the Scottish Building Contractors' Association for approximately fifty years.

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Glasgow Herald. 30 March 1954. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. "Christie, Alexander John". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. Smith, Paul (30 September 2013). Scotland's Who's Who: One Hundred and Forty Years of Scottish International Footballers 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing Ltd. p. 51. ISBN 9781909178847.
  5. "Alexander Christie - Scotland Football Record from 19 Mar 1898 to 08 Apr 1899 clubs – Queens Park". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. "Robert Main Christie: Dunblane's original sporting hero". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Obituary – Glasgow Lawyer". The Glasgow Herald. 29 March 1954. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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