Alec Shankly

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alec Shankly

| fullname = Alexander Shankly

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Glenbuck, Scotland

| death_date =

| position = Inside left, left half

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1916

| clubs1 = Glenbuck Cherrypickers

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1916–1920

| clubs2 = Ayr United

| caps2 = 29

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1920–1922

| clubs3 = Nithsdale Wanderers

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| years4 = 1922–

| clubs4 = Portsmouth

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = {{0|0000}}–1923

| clubs5 = Nithsdale Wanderers

| caps5 = 2

| goals5 = 0

}}

Alexander Shankly was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Ayr United and Nithsdale Wanderers as an inside left.{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}

Personal life

Shankly's brothers Bill, Jimmy, John and Bob all became footballers.{{Cite web |last=Worthington |first=David |title=Glenbuck – Bill Shankly – The Glenbuck Years |url=http://www.ayrshirehistory.com/glenbuck_bill_shankly_the_glenbuck_years.html |website=www.ayrshirehistory.com |accessdate=22 January 2019}} He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Shankly was troubled by sciatica after the war and returned to work as a miner before being forced into early retirement.{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Stephen F. |title=Bill Shankly: It's Much More Important Than That: The Biography |date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780753546765 |page=14 |language=en}}

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" \|National Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="3" \|Ayr United \|1916–17 \| rowspan="2" \|Scottish Division One \|18 \|2 \| colspan="2" \|— \|18 \|2
1917–18 \|11 \|1 \| colspan="2" \|— \|11 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !29 !3 ! colspan="2" \|— !29 !3
Nithsdale Wanderers \|1923–24 \|Scottish Division Three \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !31 !3 !0 !0 !31 !3

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