Alec Farmer

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Farmer

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Alexander Farmer

| birth_date = 9 October 1908

| birth_place = Lochgelly, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1986|1908}}

| position = Half back, inside forward

| height = 5 ft 10+1/2 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xii/134333960/ |title=Queen's Park Rangers. Relying on old team |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xii |via=Newspapers.com}}

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Kettering Town

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1930–1931

| clubs2 = Nottingham Forest

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1931

| clubs3 = Leicester City

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 =

| clubs4 = Yeovil & Petters United

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1933–1939

| clubs5 = Queens Park Rangers

| caps5 = 79

| goals5 = 10

}}

Alexander Farmer (9 October 1908 – 1986) was a Scottish professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a half back and inside forward in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=95}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Nottingham Forest

|1930–31{{Cite web |title=Alec Farmer |url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Alec%20Farmer |access-date=14 July 2019 |website=The City Ground}}

| rowspan="2" |Second Division

|15

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|15

|0

1931–32

|1

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!16

!0

!0

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!16

!0

rowspan="7" |Queens Park Rangers

|1933–34{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1933–34 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1933.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

| rowspan="6" |Third Division South

|12

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|12

|0

1934–35{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1934–35 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1934.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

|26

|7

|1

|0

|4Appearance(s) in Third Division South Cup

|0

|31

|7

1935–36{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1935–36 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1935.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

|9

|3

|0

|0

|1

|0

|10

|3

1936–37{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1936–37 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1936.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

|25

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|27

|0

1937–38{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1937–38 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1937.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

|7

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|8

|0

1938–39{{Cite web |title=Seasonal Stats – 1938–39 |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1938.xls |access-date=29 December 2018 |website=QPRnet}}

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!79

!10

!3

!0

!7

!0

!89

!10

colspan="3" |Career total

!95

!10

!3

!0

!7

!0

!105

!10

References