Alex Menzies

Scottish footballer

Alex Menzies
Personal information
Place of birth	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Thorntree United^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1948	Dumbarton^[1]	29	(0)
1948–1955	Cowdenbeath^[2]	174	(4)
1955–1957	St Johnstone^[3]	49	(5)
1957–1959	Stirling Albion^[4]	51	(0)
1959–1960	Alloa Athletic^[5]	28	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex "Big Ming" Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others.

A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath, his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tackling wing half was a member of the side that took Rangers to the brink of defeat over a two-legged Scottish League Cup tie in September 1949.^[6] The late Harry Ewing said that "If you cut Ming in half, like a stick of Blackpool Rock he would have Cowdenbeath printed around his waist.".^[7] After his death in 1990, Ewing recommended Cowdenbeath's new stand be named "The Alex Menzies Stand", a suggestion that was adopted by the board.^[8]

Everyone in Cowdenbeath knew Big Ming. He belonged to the Desperate Dan school of Scottish footballing manhood – Ron Ferguson

Notes

^ ^a ^b DUMBARTON : 1946/47 – 1953/54 & 1955/56 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
^ COWDENBEATH : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
^ ST JOHNSTONE : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
^ STIRLING ALBION : 1947/48 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
^ ALLOA ATHLETIC : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
^ Ferguson, 1993.
^ part of Citation when he was inducted into the Cowdenbeath F.C. Hall of Fame. Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Alex Menzies stand to right Archived 19 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Ferguson, R Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, 1993 Aberdeen, Northern Books for Famedram ISBN 978-0-905489-53-7
Ferguson, R Helicopter Dreams, 2006 Aberdeen Northern ISBN 978-0-905489-86-5

Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees

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