Alex Dick

For the Everton player, see Alec Dick (footballer).

Alex Dick

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Russell Dick
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Harthill, Scotland
Date of death	1958(1958-00-00) (aged 63–64)
Place of death	Harthill, Scotland
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Armadale
1919–1927	Airdrieonians	244	(2)
1919–1920	Armadale (loan)
1927–1928	Dykehead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Russell "Sanny" Dick (1894 – 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for Airdrieonians.

Installed as a first-team regular in defence in his second season (he initially played as a forward after joining from Armadale and featured less frequently), he missed only eight league matches across the four consecutive seasons where the Diamonds finished as runners-up in the Scottish Football League and also played in the 1924 Scottish Cup Final in which Airdrie defeated Hibernian[1] to claim their only major trophy. In 1927 he was advised to stop playing football for health reasons, and Jimmy Crapnell was brought in as a replacement; Dick had a brief spell with Dykehead in his home district after leaving Broomfield Park.[2][3]

References

1. The Cup Final | Airdrieonians' First Success, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1924
2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
3. Greatest XI - 2. Right Back, Airdrieonians FC, 6 February 2016