Alec Leslie

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Leslie

| image =

| fullname = Alfred James Leslie

| birth_date = 11 July 19001939 England and Wales Register

| birth_place = Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|2|1|1900|7|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Birmingham, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}

| position = Left half

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Greenock Wayfarers

| years1 = | clubs1 = Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors

| years2 = 1919–1921 | clubs2 = St Mirren | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1921–1923 | clubs3 = Houghton-le-Spring

| years4 = 1923–1925 | clubs4 = Morton | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1925–1927 | clubs5 = Torquay United | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1927–1932 | clubs6 = Birmingham | caps6 = 132 | goals6 = 0

}}

Alfred James Leslie{{cite news |title=From Arbroath to St. Andrew's |first=Alfred |last=Leslie |newspaper=Sunday Mercury and Sunday News |location=Birmingham |page=12 |date=18 September 1927 |quote=... let me tell you at the outset that they call me 'Alec' at St. Andrew's. Now that is not my name—you will see that by the signature at the head of this article—but they can call me anything so long as I can satisfy everybody.}} (11 July 1900 – 1 February 1961), known as Alec Leslie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half.

Born in Greenock, Leslie was an influential defensive midfielder who played in Scotland with St Mirren and Morton,{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} and appeared in 143 games for Birmingham, including 132 top flight League games and an appearance at Wembley in the 1931 FA Cup Final. A niggling knee injury disrupted his career; he played his last game for Birmingham in September 1931 before finally retiring in 1932. After football, he ran a pub and worked for the Inland Revenue. He died in Birmingham, aged 60.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973-1995