Alec Milne

{{For|the Doncaster Rovers and Stoke footballer|Alec Milne (footballer, born 1889)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Milne

| image =

| fullname = Alexander Soutar Milne{{Hugman|13675|accessdate=1 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|06|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dundee, Scotland

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1954–1955

| years2 = 1955–1957

| years3 = 1957–1965

| years4 = 1965–?

| years5 = 1965

| clubs1 = Dundee Violet

| clubs2 = Arbroath

| clubs3 = Cardiff City

| clubs4 = Barry Town

| clubs5 = Toronto Inter-Roma

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 40

| caps3 = 172

| caps4 =

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1959

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U23{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=57|title=Scotland U23 Player Alex Milne Details}}

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Alexander Soutar Milne (born 4 June 1937) is a Scottish former professional footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/alexmilne.html|title=Profile|accessdate=23 February 2014|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}

Career

Born in Dundee, Milne began his career at Arbroath before moving to Cardiff City in 1957. By the end of his first season at the club he had established himself in the side. He was a vital part of the Cardiff squad at the time, being ever present in the 1958–59 and 1961–62 seasons, scoring his only league goal in a 3–2 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the latter.

He had injury problems in 1964/65 and drifted out of contention for a place in the Cardiff team.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/real-shame-city-lost-out-2213858|title=It was a Real shame as City lost out to Zaragoza in last eight|date=29 December 2007|work=Wales Online|publisher=Media Wales|accessdate=4 November 2014}}

He was allowed to leave the club soon after and finished his career at Barry Town before emigrating to Canada in 1965 to play in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Inter-Roma.{{Cite web|date=26 April 1965|title=Crosswords|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/501005101/?terms=Ron+Clayton+toronto+inter+roma|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-22|work=The Province|page=15|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107170228/http://www.newspapers.com/image/501005101/?terms=Ron+Clayton+toronto+inter+roma |archive-date=7 January 2022 }}