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Alexander McLaren (25 December 1910 – 5 February 1960) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Sandy McLaren

Personal information
Full name	Alexander McLaren
Date of birth	25 December 1910
Place of birth	Tibbermore, Scotland
Date of death	5 February 1960(1960-02-05) (aged 49)
Place of death	Perth, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1933	St Johnstone	198	(0)
1933–1940	Leicester City	239	(0)
Total		437	(0)
National team
1929–1932	Scotland	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Tibbermore, Perthshire, McLaren played club football for St Johnstone in the Scottish Football League and Leicester City in The Football League.[2]

He earned five caps for Scotland in 1929 and 1932, and remains St Johnstone's most capped player for Scotland, as well as the joint-first to debut (Willie Imrie played in the same match – they were the only serving players from the club to be selected until Murray Davidson in 2012).[3][4] McLaren was one of only four 18-year-olds to play for Scotland during the 20th century, the others being Denis Law, Paul McStay and Willie Henderson.[5] He remains the youngest goalkeeper to play for Scotland, as he made his debut aged 18 years and 152 days.[6][7]

References

Sources

• McLaren, G (2001). Of Saints & Foxes. G McLaren. ISBN 0-905452-99-2.
• Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.

External links

• Sandy McLaren at the Scottish Football Association
• London Hearts
• FilbertStreet.net profile

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