Alec Shankly

Alec Shankly
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Shankly
Place of birth	Glenbuck, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside left; left half;
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1916	Glenbuck Cherrypickers
1916–1920	Ayr United
1920–1922	Nithsdale Wanderers
1922–	Portsmouth
0000–1923	Nithsdale Wanderers
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Shankly was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Ayr United and Nithsdale Wanderers as an inside left.^[1]

Personal life

Shankly's brothers Bill, Jimmy, John and Bob all became footballers.^[2] He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.^[2] Shankly was troubled by sciatica after the war and returned to work as a miner before being forced into early retirement.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ayr United	1916–17^[1]	Scottish Division One	18	2	—		18	2
	1917–18^[1]	Scottish Division One	11	1	—		11	1
	Total		29	3	—		29	3
Nithsdale Wanderers	1923–24^[1]	Scottish Division Three	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			31	3	0	0	31	3

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Personal information
Full name	Alexander Shankly^[1]
Place of birth	Glenbuck, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside left left half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1916	Glenbuck Cherrypickers
1916–1920	Ayr United	29	(3)
1920–1922	Nithsdale Wanderers
1922–	Portsmouth	0	(0)
–1923	Nithsdale Wanderers	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals