Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Morrison Davidson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 June 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Langholm, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 11 February 2005 | (aged 84)||
Place of death | Helensburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
St Roch's | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1937–1940 | Hibernian | 15 | (2) |
1944 | Lincoln City (guest) | ||
1946–1948 | Chelsea | 2 | (0) |
1948–1949 | Crystal Palace | 10 | (2) |
Clacton Town | |||
Total | 27 | (4) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alex Davidson (6 June 1920 – 11 February 2005) was a Scottish football player. Davidson played for Hibernian in the Scottish Football League before the Second World War. He scored a late equalising goal in an Edinburgh derby against Hearts on 1 January 1938. [3] During the war, he played for Lincoln City as a guest. [4] When league football resumed after the war, Davidson played for Chelsea and Crystal Palace in the English Football League.