Alex Halkett

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Alex Halkett
Personal information
Full name Alexander Laing Halkett[1]
Date of birth 25 September 1881
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death 21 February 1917(1917-02-21) (aged 35)[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Parkmore
0000–1899 Dundee Violet
1899–1904 Dundee 16 (0)
1904–1909 Aberdeen 116 (2)
Reading
1909–1910 Portsmouth
1910–1911 Forfar Athletic
1911–1913 St Johnstone 41 (3)
1913 Breadalbane
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Laing Halkett (25 September 1881 – 21 February 1917), sometimes known as Ecky Halkett or Alick Halkett,[4] was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen, Dundee and St Johnstone as a right half.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Halkett's older brother John was also a footballer.[5] Prior to his enlistment as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War,[1] he worked as a wheelwright at Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth.[5] Halkett was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais, France on 21 February 1917 and was buried in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery.[2][5]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee 1901–02[6] Scottish Division One 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1902–03[6] Scottish Division One 2 0 2 0 — 4 0
1903–04[6] Scottish Division One 13 0 3 0 — 16 0
Total 16 0 5 0 — 21 0
Aberdeen 1904–05[3] Scottish Division Two 16 1 2 0 8[a] 0 26 1
1905–06[3] Scottish Division One 22 0 2 0 1[b] 0 25 0
1906–07[3] Scottish Division One 30 0 2 0 1[c] 0 33 0
1907–08[3] Scottish Division One 29 1 6 0 1[d] 0 36 1
1908–09[3] Scottish Division One 19 0 0 0 5[e] 0 24 0
Total 116 2 12 0 16 0 144 2
St Johnstone 1911–12[7] Scottish Division Two 18 0 5 0 — 23 0
1912–13[7] Scottish Division Two 23 3 7 0 — 30 3
Total 41 3 12 0 — 53 3
Career total 173 5 29 0 16 0 218 5
  1. ^ Appearances in Scottish Qualifying Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Inter City Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Fleming Charity Shield
  4. ^ Appearance in High Cup
  5. ^ 4 appearances in North East Cup, 1 appearance in Robertson Cup

Honours[edit]

Aberdeen

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Alexander Laing Halkett | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Alex Halkett profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Halkett A.L 143620". Great War Dundee. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Alick Halkett | Player Statistics | Dundee". Dee Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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