Alex Caie
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alex Caie
| image = Alex Caie.jpg
| caption = Caie while with Brentford in 1904
| birth_date = 25 June 1877
| birth_place = Nigg, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1914|11|17|1877|6|25}}
| death_place = Massachusetts, United States
| position = Right half, centre forward
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1897
| clubs1 = Victoria United
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| years2 = 1897
| clubs2 = Woolwich Arsenal
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1897–1899
| clubs3 = Bristol City
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| years4 = 1899–1901
| clubs4 = Millwall Athletic
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| years5 = 1901–1903
| clubs5 = Newcastle United
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1903–1904
| clubs6 = Brentford
| caps6 = 22
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1904
| clubs7 = Motherwell
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 0
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| clubs8 = Westmount
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| clubs9 = Sons of Scotland
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| clubs10 = Rosedale
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Alexander Caie (25 June 1877 – 17 November 1914), sometimes known as Sandy Caie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half and centre forward in the Football League for Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal.{{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=49}}{{Cite web |title=Alex 'Sandy' Caie |url=http://citystats.org.uk/playerdetail.asp?id=111&filter=C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304185125/http://citystats.org.uk/playerdetail.asp?id=111&filter=C |archive-date=4 March 2006 |access-date=29 May 2017 |website=Bristol City FC :: Citystats – Unofficial archive of results, players and managers}} He also played in Scotland and Canada.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=357}}
Personal life
Caie was killed in a rail accident in Massachusetts, United States on 17 November 1914.{{Cite web |title=Alex Caie |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alex-caie |access-date=31 July 2015 |website=Arsenal.com}}
Career statistics
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}} ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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Woolwich Arsenal
|1896–97{{Cite web |title=Alex Caie |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/alex-caie-44024/ |access-date=23 December 2016 |website=11v11.com}} |8 |4 | colspan="2" |— |8 |4 |
rowspan="3" |Newcastle United
|21 |0 |4 |0 |25 |0 |
1901–02
|First Division |10 |1 |0 |0 |10 |1 |
colspan="2" |Total
!31 !1 !4 !0 !35 !2 |
Brentford
|Southern League First Division |22 |0 |3 |0 |25 |0 |
Motherwell
|1904–05{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}} |Scottish League First Division |6 |0 |0 |0 |6 |0 |
colspan="3" |Career total
!67 !5 !7 !0 !74 !6 |
References
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Victoria United F.C. (Scotland) players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Footballers from Aberdeen
Category:Bristol City F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Motherwell F.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Railway accident deaths in the United States
Category:Accidental deaths in Massachusetts
Category:19th-century Scottish sportsmen
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