Alexander Stewart was a Scottish

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who played as a

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who played for several clubs including

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and

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. His most enduring achievement was being the scorer of six goals in a Scottish Football League Division One match for Motherwell against

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in April 1937 – the match finished 8–0 and remains the Glasgow club's record margin of defeat. Stewart was called up for the Scottish League XI at the start of the following season and played against England's

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, his sole appearance at that level, after impressing in a trial match two weeks earlier. He had been capped once by the Scotland amateur team in 1929 while establishing himself with St Mirren,Amateur Internationalists
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for two seasons, working with Bobby Brown. Stewart's father, also named Alex, was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper and was also capped once by the SFL XI.

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Scottish men's footballers Year of birth missing Year of death missing Men's association football forwards Footballers from Perth, Scotland Scottish Football League players Southern Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Motherwell F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. wartime guest players Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players Colchester United F.C. players Scotland men's amateur international footballers Scotland men's junior international footballers Scottish Football League representative players {{Scotland-footy-forward-stub