Alexander Simpson Hutchinson Forsyth (29 September 1928 – 30 March 2020) was a Scottish

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who played in the

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for Albion Rovers and East Stirlingshire and in the English

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for

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in the 1950s. He also played junior football for Linlithgow Rose. After retiring as a player because of injury, he went on to work as chief scout for East Stirlingshire and later became a director of the club. Forsyth died in

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

on 30 March 2020.

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1928 births 2020 deaths Footballers from Falkirk (council area) Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Darlington F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1920s-stub