Alec Alston

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Alston

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = 26 February 1937

| birth_place = Preston, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|2|23|1937|2|26|df=y}}

| position = Forward

| years1 = | clubs1 = Netherfield | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1957–1962 | clubs2 = Preston North End | caps2 = 102 | goals2 = 26

| years3 = 1963–1965 | clubs3 = Bury | caps3 = 86 | goals3 = 22

| years4 = 1966–1967 | clubs4 = Barrow | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 14

| years5 = 1967–1968 | clubs5 = Fleetwood | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 15

| totalcaps = 270 | totalgoals = 77

}}

Alec Alston (26 February 1937 – 23 February 2009) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barrow, Bury and Preston North End.{{cite web|title=Death of former PNE centre-forward|url=http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/preston-north-end-news/death-of-former-pne-centre-forward-1-88118|website=LEP|accessdate=15 February 2015|archive-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215140148/http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/preston-north-end-news/death-of-former-pne-centre-forward-1-88118|url-status=dead}} His brother Adrian was also a professional footballer, representing Australia at international level.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uptheposh.com/people/9761/ |title=Adrian Alston |publisher=Up The Posh |accessdate=19 May 2016 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929195726/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/9761/ |url-status=usurped }} Both brothers played together for Fleetwood in season 1967-68.