Alec Gaskell
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alec Gaskell
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Alexander Gaskell
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|7|30|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/alecgaskell.html|title=Alec Gaskell|publisher=Neil Brown|accessdate=15 February 2010}}
| birth_place = Leigh, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|3|14|1932|7|30|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1949–1951
| clubs1 = Manchester United
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1951–1953
| clubs2 = Southport
| caps2 = 44
| goals2 = 18
| years3 = 1953–1954
| clubs3 = Newcastle United
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1954–1956
| clubs4 = Mansfield Town
| caps4 = 42
| goals4 = 17
| years5 = 1956–1957
| clubs5 = Grantham Town
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 1957
| clubs6 = Tranmere Rovers
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 6
| years7 = 1957–1959
| clubs7 = Rhyl
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| years8 = 1959–1960
| clubs8 = Wigan Rovers
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 = 1960–1962
| clubs9 = Mossley
| caps9 = 50
| goals9 = 28
| years10 = 1962
| clubs10 = Winsford United
| caps10 =
| goals10 =
}}
Alexander Gaskell (30 July 1932 – 14 March 2014 ) was an English professional footballer. He played in the Football League for Southport, Newcastle United, Mansfield Town and Tranmere Rovers.
Club career
Gaskell joined Manchester United as an amateur. He joined Mossley on trial in 1950, but remained on the Red Devils' books the following year, when he left the club to join Southport. He scored 18 goals in two seasons there. In 1953, he joined Newcastle United, but his only appearance for the Magpies came in a Boxing Day tie against Middlesbrough, where he was standing in for the injured Jackie Milburn and Alan Monkhouse. In 1954, he joined Mansfield Town. He scored 17 goals in two seasons there. On leaving Mansfield, he joined non-league Grantham Town in 1956. He left Grantham in May 1957,{{cite news|url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/9877/250507--Photograph-shows-spirit.2906984.jp|title=The way we were|publisher=The Grantham Journal|date=25 May 2007|accessdate=15 February 2010}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} initially returning to Bolton to try to get back into league football, which he did with Tranmere Rovers later that year. Despite scoring six goals in six games, Gaskell left to join Rhyl.
He had a spell at Wigan Rovers, and then joined Mossley in 1960. He scored 28 times in 50 games for Mossley.{{cite web|url=http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZG.htm|title=Complete A-Z of players 1919–2010: Gabrielson to Gurney|publisher=Mossley A.F.C.|accessdate=15 February 2010|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525035852/http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZG.htm|url-status=dead}} He retired in 1962, after sustaining a broken wrist at Winsford United. He later found work as a cable manufacturer, working in Quality Control at the BICC complex in Leigh.
Gaskell died at the age of 81 on 14 March 2014. At the time of his death, he was living in Cheshire.{{cite news|url=http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20140314/alec-gaskell-1932-2014_2281670_3712751 |title=Alec Gaskell (1932–2014) |publisher=Newcastle United |date=8 March 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414004211/http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20140314/alec-gaskell-1932-2014_2281670_3712751 |archivedate=14 April 2014 }}
References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Manchester United F.C. players
Category:Southport F.C. players
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Grantham Town F.C. players
Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Category:Mossley A.F.C. players
Category:Winsford United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Wigan Rovers F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Leigh, Greater Manchester
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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