Alex Hastings

Alex Hastings
BEM

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Cockburn Hastings
Date of birth	(1912-03-17)17 March 1912
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	26 December 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 76)
Place of death	Adelaide, Australia
Position(s)	Left half
Youth career
	Carron Welfare
	Rosewell Rosedale
	Dunblane Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1930	Stenhousemuir	32	(8)
1930–1939	Sunderland	262	(2)
International career
1935–1937	Scotland	2	(0)
Managerial career
1948–1950	Kilmarnock
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Cockburn Hastings BEM (17 March 1912 – 26 December 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team, primarily as a left half.

Club career

Born in Falkirk, Hastings played for local club Stenhousemuir before moving to Sunderland in 1930. Hastings made his debut for Sunderland in a 1–1 tie against Portsmouth at Fratton Park. He served as a captain throughout much of the 1930s, and led Sunderland to a 1936 League Championship. Hastings made 304 appearances and scored eight goals, becoming known as one of Sunderland's "great names."

After retiring as a player, Hastings managed Kilmarnock and scouted for Stoke City. He later emigrated to Australia, where he became president of the South Australian Soccer Federation and was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to association football in the 1981 Birthday Honours.

International career

He won his first international cap for Scotland on 13 November 1935 against Northern Ireland in a 2–1 at Tynecastle Stadium. He won one further cap, in total winning just two caps over 1935 to 1937.

References

Sources

• Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.