Alex Rollo
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Rollo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 September 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 October 2004 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Workington, England | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
–1948 | Ashfield | ||
1948–1951 | Celtic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951–1954 | Celtic | 37 | (1) |
1954–1956 | Kilmarnock | 50 | (0) |
1956–1957 | Dumbarton[3] | 32 | (4) |
1957–1960 | Workington | 127 | (3) |
1960–1961 | Sligo Rovers | ? | (?) |
Total | 246 + | (8 +) | |
International career | |||
1951 | Scottish League XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1960–1961 | Sligo Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alex Rollo (18 September 1926 – 5 October 2004) was a Scottish football player and manager. Rollo won the Coronation Cup with Celtic, effectively marking Hibs winger Gordon Smith.[4] He also won the Scottish Cup in 1951 and represented the Scottish League.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Rollo". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Alec Rollo - Scotland Football League Record from 26 Sep 1951 to 26 Sep 1951 clubs - Celtic".
- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ a b Crampsey, Bob (16 October 2004). "Alex Rollo Former defensive player with Celtic in the 1950s". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- Sources
- Alex Rollo, The Celtic Wiki
- Alex Rollo at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2004 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Footballers from Dumbarton
- Ashfield F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Dumbarton F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- Sligo Rovers F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scottish football managers
- Sligo Rovers F.C. managers
- English Football League players
- League of Ireland players
- League of Ireland managers
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen