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Alex Menzies

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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

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Bibliography

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  • 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