Lex Gold

{{short description|Scottish footballer and administrator}}

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Lex Gold CBE (born 14 December 1940) is a Scottish administrator and former footballer who was a director of Caledonian MacBrayne {{As of|2012|lc=on}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12138030.Leitch_to_lead_Scottish_Chambers/|title=Leitch to lead Scottish Chambers|website=The Herald|location=Glasgow|language=en|access-date=2018-08-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/business/pqa/wa-00/wa0621.htm|title=Written Answers|website=archive.scottish.parliament.uk|access-date=2018-08-16}}

Gold was born in Lanark, and played professional football as a teenager, including an 18-month spell with Rangers.Docherty, John, Gold Boys Network! Lex lapped up glory with Ibrox legends, Daily Record, 21 December 1996 He was a civil servant for over thirty years.[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2002/03/1260 New appointments for NHS Lanarkshire], Scottish Government news release, 13 March 2002

Gold was chairman of Hibernian until he resigned after the club was relegated in 1998.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/87103.stm Rangers hand initiative to Celtic], BBC News, 3 May 1998 In 1998, he was invited to deliver the Marlow (Scotland) Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. Gold was also on the boards of NHS Lanarkshire, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland. Until October 2009 Gold was the executive chairman of the SPL.{{Cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/spl-name-new-chairman-as-lex-gold-stands-down-2009-10-15|title=SPL name new Chairman as Lex Gold stands down {{!}} SPFL|website=spfl.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-16}}