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Revision as of 12:08, 16 November 2011
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Ormston | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Summerbank | ||
| 1937–1951 | Stoke City | 172 | (29) |
| – | Linfield | ||
| – | Hereford United | ||
| – | Stafford Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexander Ormston (born 1919 in Stoke-on-Trent, England) was a footballer who played in the Football League for and Stoke City. He made one hundred and seventy two appearances for Stoke.[1]
Career
Ormston attended Wellington Road school where he was captain of the Hanley boys and Stoke-on-Trent schools football teams. After finishing school he started work at a local colliery whilst also playing football with Summerbank, a nursery club for local league side Stoke City. He signed professional forms with Stoke when he was 17 and made his debut the following year. During the war he joined the home guard where he was stationed in Belfast. Whilst in Northern Ireland he played with Linfield where he won a number of honours. When the football League resumed he had an prolific season scoring 20 goals in 40 matches from left wing. However a chest problem he had caused him to retire early in 1951.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 1937–38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1938–39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1945–46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1946–47 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 21 | |
| 1947–48 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
| 1948–49 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
| 1949–50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1950–51 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 1951–52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 172 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 192 | 30 | |
References
- ^ *Joyce, Michael: "The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939 " (ISBN 1-899468-67-6).
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0952415100.
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