Sandy White (footballer)

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

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

Career edit

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 edit

  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