Alexander Munro (3 October 1944 – 24 May 2009) was a Scottish
footballer who spent his career playing in England and South Africa. The son of former
Scotland international
Alex Munro, Munro Jr. represented Glasgow Schoolboys as a child before joining
Bristol Rovers as a seventeen-year-old, following a successful trial.
Munro initially played as a
left half
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, but was soon moved to
outside left where he was a regular between 1966 and 1968. Later in his career he was converted to a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
, a position where he broke his leg in the
Gloucestershire Cup final in May 1968, but after a year he had recovered sufficiently to play in the position regularly until he was replaced by
Lindsay Parsons
Lindsay William Parsons (20 March 1946 – 12 April 2019) was an English professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers and Torquay United.
Playing career
Parsons is from the Barton Hill area of Bristol and played ...
in 1970.
Following the loss of his position at Bristol Rovers, Munro moved to South Africa in 1971, when he joined
Durban City. He went on to play for Durham City and East London, both also in South Africa, before retiring from football. He remained in the country until 2007, when he moved back to England to live in
Cornwall, dying in
St Austell
St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958.
History
St Austell wa ...
on 24 May 2009.
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1944 births
2009 deaths
Footballers from Glasgow
Scottish men's footballers
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football midfielders
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Durban City F.C. players
East London United F.C. players