Alex Scott (Scottish footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Alex Scott
fullname = Alexander Silcock Scott
dateofbirth = birth date|1937|11|22
cityofbirth = Falkirk
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|2001|9|13|1937|11|22
cityofdeath = Falkirk
countryofdeath = Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Outside right
youthyears =
youthclubs = Camelon Thistle
Bo'ness United
years = 1954-1963
1963-1967
1967-1970
1970-1972
clubs = Rangers
Everton
Hibernian
Falkirk
caps(goals) = 216 (57)
149 (23)
040 0(2)
023 0(0)
nationalyears = 1957-1966
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 016 0(5)

Alexander "Alex" Silcock Scott (22 November 1937 – 13 September 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.

Born in Falkirk, Scott started his career at Rangers, whom he joined aged 16 in 1954 from Bo'ness United. He scored a hat-trick in his debut against Falkirk at Ibrox while just 19 years old. In nine years with the club he scored 108 goals in 331 matches and won four Scottish Football League First Division titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups. He was also part of the Rangers side defeated by Fiorentina in the 1961 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, scoring the Gers' only goal.cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010917/ai_n14420405
publisher=The Independent|title=Obituary:Alex Scott|date=2001-09-17] With Rangers signing Willie Henderson, he moved to Everton in February 1963 for £39,000 and helped them win the Division One title two months later.cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] He also won the FA Cup with the "Toffees" in 1966.

Scott returned to Scotland when signed by Hibernian for £13,000 in 1967 and finished his career at his hometown club Falkirk between 1970 and 1972. Curiously, Hibernian used part of the fee they received from Newcastle United for the transfer of Alex's younger brother Jim to finance his signature. The brothers did play together at Falkirk, however, Jim joining several months before Alex's retirement in 1972.

Scott won 16 caps for Scotland between 1956 and 1966 and was a member of their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. He also represented his country at B and under-23 level, as well as appearing 7 times for the Scottish League.

Scott went into business with his brother after his retirement from football. He died in Falkirk in 2001 aged 63.

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