Alex Hastings

Alexander Cockburn Hastings (17 March 1912 – 26 December 1988)[4] was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team, primarily as a left half.[5]

Alex Hastings
Personal information
Full name Alexander Cockburn Hastings[1]
Date of birth (1912-03-17)17 March 1912
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death 26 December 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 76)
Place of death Adelaide, Australia[2]
Position(s) Left half
Youth career
Carron Welfare [2]
Rosewell Rosedale[2]
Dunblane Rovers[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1930 Stenhousemuir 32 (8)
1930–1939 Sunderland 262 (2)
National team
1935–1937 Scotland 2 (0)
Teams managed
1948–1950 Kilmarnock
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Falkirk, Hastings played for local club Stenhousemuir[3][2] before moving to Sunderland in 1930.[6] Hastings made his debut for Sunderland in a 1-1 tie against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.[7] He served as a captain throughout much of the 1930s, and led Sunderland to a 1936 League Championship.[5] Hastings made 304 appearances and scored eight goals,[7] becoming known as one of Sunderland's "great names."[8]

After retiring as a player, Hastings managed Kilmarnock and scouted for Stoke City.[6] He later emigrated to Australia, where he became president of the South Australian Soccer Federation and was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to sport in 1981.[2]

International career

He won his first international cap for Scotland on 13 November 1935 against Northern Ireland in a 2–1 at Tynecastle Stadium.[9] He won one further cap, in total winning just two caps over 1935 to 1937.[1]

References
  1. "Alexander Hastings". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Since 1888 - The searchable Premiership and Football League database (registration required)
  5. "SAFC TOP 100". ALS Publications. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  6. (Smith 2013, p. 119)
  7. "Alexander Hastings". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  8. "Past Players (H)". Sunderland AFC. 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  9. "Wed 13 Nov 1935 Scotland 2 Northern Ireland 1". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
Sources
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.


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