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Sandy White (footballer)

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Sandy White
Personal information
Full name Alexander Smith White[1]
Date of birth (1950-11-03) 3 November 1950 (age 73)[2]
Place of birth Ballingry, Scotland
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glenrothes
1971–1974 Dundee United 47 (11)
1975–1978 Forfar Athletic 61 (21)
Glenrothes
Total 108 (32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Smith White (born 3 November 1950) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

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White began his professional career with Dundee United alongside his identical twin brother Joe, with the siblings playing together for the first time on 18 December 1971 in a 3–0 defeat away to Aberdeen (they were the first pair of twins to play for the club).[3][4][5]

White spent three years at Tannadice[6][2] before moving to Forfar Athletic in 1975, where he went on to make over sixty league appearances.[7][8] In 1978, White left the senior game and returned to Glenrothes, rejoining his brother who had returned to the Fife Junior club four years earlier.

References

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  1. ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 10 February 2022
  2. ^ a b Sandy White Player Profile, Arab Archive. Retrieved 10 February 2022
  3. ^ "This Week in History Archive: 18th December". Dundee United FC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  4. ^ Kelly, Pat (1998). Dundee United Who's Who. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd. p. 180. ISBN 0-85976-502-4.
  5. ^ Dundee United FC v Airdrieonians match programme, 22 January 1972 (scan via The Sky Strikers website, published under 'Only their mother etc etc…', 17 November 2013). Retrieved 10 February 2022
  6. ^ "Dundee United: 1960/61-2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  7. ^ "Forfar Athletic: 1959/60-2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  8. ^ (Forfar Athletic player) White, Alexander, FitbaStats. Retrieved 10 February 2022