Alexander "Sandy" Main (born 1873) was a Scottish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and middle-distance runner. Born in

West Calder West Calder ( sco, Wast Cauder, gd, Caladar an Iar) is a village in the council area of West Lothian, Scotland, located four miles west of Livingston. Historically it is within the County of Midlothian. The village was an important centre in t ...

West Lothian West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geographically by the Av ...

, Main started his career with his hometown club. He later played for fellow Scottish sides Rangers, Hibernian and

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lana ...

, as well as English clubs Woolwich Arsenal and

Watford Watford () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal en ...

. He spent most of his career as a forward, but played predominantly as a right half at Watford. Main scored two goals in Arsenal's biggest ever win, a 12–0

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victory against

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second lar ...

on 12 March 1900.

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Alex Main
www.ihibs.co.uk 1873 births Year of death missing Association football forwards Scottish male middle-distance runners Scottish footballers Southern Football League players Rangers F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Watford F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Footballers from West Lothian {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub