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Alex Crombie

Alex Crombie
Personal information
Date of birth 1876
Place of birth Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Morpeth Harriers
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1906 Burslem Port Vale 17 (1)
Total 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex Crombie (born 1876) was an English footballer who played as a winger for Reading and Burslem Port Vale at the start of the 20th century.

Career

Crombie played for Morpeth Harriers and Southern League side Reading before joining Second Division club Burslem Port Vale in July 1905.[1] He scored in a 4–3 win over Chesterfield at the Athletic Ground on 9 September. He was a regular first-team player from September 1905 to February 1906, at which point he lost his first-team place.[1] He departed at the end of the 1905–06 season, having made 17 league and five cup appearances for the Vale.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burslem Port Vale 1905–06 Second Division 17 1 2 0 3 0 22 1
Total 17 1 2 0 3 0 22 1

References

  1. ^ a b c Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 71. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Alex Crombie at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)