Alex Watson (other)
Alex Watson may refer to: *Alex Watson (footballer) (born 1968), English Association football (soccer) player * Alex Watson (football manager), English Association football (soccer) manager * Alex Watson (pentathlete) (born 1957), Australian modern pentathlete *Alex Watson (rugby league) (1931–2002), Australian rugby league footballer See also *Alexander Watson (other) Alexander Watson may refer to: * Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1920), English cricketer *Alexander Watson (cricketer, born 1945), English cricketer *Alexander Watson (diplomat) (born 1939), American ambassador and diplomat *Alexand ...

Alex Watson (footballer)
Alexander Francis Watson (born 5 April 1968) is an English former professional association football, footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the English Football League, Football League playing for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, Derby County F.C., Derby County, AFC Bournemouth, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, Torquay United F.C., Torquay United and Exeter City F.C., Exeter City. He is the younger brother of the former Everton F.C., Everton player Dave Watson, and like his brother, played as a defender (association football), central defender. Life and career Watson was born in Liverpool, and began his career as an apprentice with Liverpool F.C. He turned professional in 1985, and made his debut against Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers in March 1988. He made nine appearances in total for the club, of which four were in the league, and he was in the starting line-up for the 1988 FA Charity Shield, 1988 Charity Shield. In August 1990 he joined Derby County F.C., Der ...
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Alex Watson (football Manager)
Alexander Watson (1864 – 12 July 1931) was secretary-manager of Birmingham Football Club from 1908 to 1911. Life and career Alexander Watson was born in 1864 in Patterdale, Westmorland, to Scottish parents, John Watson, a lead miner, and his wife, Helen. By the time of the 1871 Census, the family had moved to Monkwearmouth Shore, in Sunderland, County Durham, where John Watson had worked in the coal mines. Watson became a schoolteacher, a career he followed alongside his involvement with football. He was joint secretary of Sunderland A.F.C. from 1894 to 1900, and remained on the administrative staff thereafter. At the time of the McCombie benefit case in 1904, when courts and the Football Association ruled and overruled on whether the player Andy McCombie had to repay £100 lent him by the club to start up a business, Watson was financial secretary, and was one of eight Sunderland officials suspended from football for varying periodsin his case 18 monthsover irregularitie ...
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Alex Watson (pentathlete)
Alex Watson (born 24 October 1957) is an Australian modern pentathlete. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School He competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. Watson was disqualified at the 1988 Summer Olympics for excessive levels of caffeine Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is mainly used recreationally as a cognitive enhancer, increasing alertness and attentional performance. Caffeine acts by blocking binding of adenosine t ..., but later cleared his name and was allowed to compete in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. References External links * 1957 births Living people People educated at North Sydney Boys High School Australian male modern pentathletes Australian sportspeople in doping cases Olympic modern pentathletes for Australia Modern pentathletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportsp ...
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Alex Watson (rugby League)
Alex Watson (10 October 1931 – 5 June 2002) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative three-quarter back, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Western Suburbs. Watson first represented Queensland in 1951 in a match against New South Wales. He made his test debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 12 June 1954 against Great Britain in the first test of that year's Ashes series. Australia won this test 37-12. In 1953 Watson toured New Zealand with the Australian team. In the 1954 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Watson scored two tries and kicked four goals before fracturing his left collarbone about ten minutes after the start of the second half and leaving the field. His team, Western Suburbs, went on to win the game. He then travelled to France to play in the inaugural World Cup. In 1956 New Zealand toured Australia and in the last t ...
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