Sandy Torrance
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sandy Torrance
| image =
| fullname = Alexander Donaldson Torrance
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Bristol City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}
| position = Left half
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|9|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|4|14|1901|9|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Bristol, England
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Renfrew juniors
| years1 = 1921–1928
| clubs1 = Bristol City
| caps1 = 167
| goals1 = 10
| years2 = 1928–19??
| clubs2 = Bath City
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
}}
Alexander Donaldson Torrance (29 September 1901 – 14 April 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half.
Career
Alexander "Sandy" Torrance initially played locally with Renfrew juniors. Joe Palmer signed Torrance in June 1921 for Bristol City.{{cite book|first=David|last=Woods|author2=Leigh Edwards |title=Bristol City FC The First 100 years|publisher=Redcliffe Press |year=1997|isbn=1-900178-26-5}}{{cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939| publisher=Tony Brown | year=2004| isbn=1-899468-67-6}}{{cite book|first=David|last=Woods|title=Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC|publisher=Yore Publications |year=1994|isbn=1-874427-95-X}}
Torrance played alongside Bert Neesam and had a benefit match v Gillingham on 15 January 1927 in which Tot Walsh scored 6 goals in a 9–4 win although Torrance himself did not play. Torrance joined Bath City in July 1928. A Fire Guard in the Second World War, Sandy Torrance died on 14 April 1941 after injury in an air raid on Bedminster, Bristol on 11 April 1941.{{cite web|title=Alexander Donaldson Torrance |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3110608/alexander-donaldson-torrance/|website=cwgc.org|access-date=29 January 2022}}
Honours
;with Bristol City
References
{{Reflist}}
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Category:British civilians killed in World War II
Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Bath City F.C. players
Category:Bristol City F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Deaths by German airstrikes during The Blitz
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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