Alex Halkett
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Laing Halkett[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 February 1917[2] | (aged 35)||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Parkmore | |||
–1899 | Dundee Violet | ||
1899–1904 | Dundee | 17 | (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,[3] was a Scottish professional football right half who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen, Dundee and St Johnstone.[4]
Personal life
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]
Honours
Aberdeen
- Scottish Qualifying Cup: 1904–05[4]
- Fleming Charity Shield: 1906–07[4]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dundee | 1899–00[6] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
1901–02[7] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
1902–03[8] | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
1903–04[9] | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Total | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
Aberdeen | 1904–05[4] | Scottish Second Division | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 26 | 1 |
1905–06[4] | Scottish First Division | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
1906–07[4] | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
1907–08[4] | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
1908–09[4] | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Total | 116 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 144 | 2 | ||
St Johnstone | 1911–12[6] | Scottish Second Division | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
1912–13[6] | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
Total | 41 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 53 | 3 | |||
Career total | 174 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 220 | 5 |
References
- ^ a b "Alexander Laing Halkett | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Reunited, Genes. "Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Alex Halkett profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ a b c "Halkett A.L 143620 :: Great War Dundee – This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home". www.greatwardundee.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "1901–02". Test. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "1902–03". Test. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "1903–04". Test. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Categories:
- 1917 deaths
- 1882 births
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Association football wing halves
- Scottish footballers
- Dundee F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Dundee Violet F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Forfar Athletic F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Dunfermline
- Reading F.C. players