Alexander Goldie (15 November 1896 – 6 November 1918) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

for

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

Personal life

Goldie was recorded as living at Mauchline Road,

Riccarton, Ayrshire Riccarton is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, this river forming the boundary between Riccarton and Kilmarnock parishes, and also between the historical districts of Kyle, Ayrshire, ...

with his parents and two brothers in the 1901 census. He died of

Spanish flu The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was ...

on 6 November 1918 aged 21.

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1896 births 1918 deaths Footballers from East Ayrshire Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Men's association football players not categorized by position Hurlford United F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Scotland People from Riccarton, East Ayrshire People from Hurlford {{Scotland-footy-bio-stub