Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Lowson Keillor | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1869 | ||
Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 16 June 1960 | (aged 90)||
Position(s) | Outside-Left | ||
Youth career | |||
1881–1884 | Montrose Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1884–1893 | Montrose | ||
1893–1902 | Dundee | 140 | (13) |
1902–1906 | Montrose | ||
International career | |||
1891–1897 | Scotland | 6 | (2) |
1897 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Lowson Keillor (20 October 1869 – 16 June 1960) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Montrose, Dundee and Scotland, being capped six times between 1891 and 1897. [1] [2]
Born in Dundee, Keillor is one of only two men to be selected for Scotland while playing for Montrose, alongside George Bowman who was a teammate in 1892. [3] [4] Keillor joined Dundee at the club's inception in 1893, and would set a number of firsts for the club during his lengthy stint there. [5] He would play in Dundee's first ever competitive match in a league game against Rangers on 12 August 1893, [6] was among the first Dundee players (alongside fellow Dees Frank Barrett and William Longair) to be capped by Scotland in 1894, [7] and was the first Dundee player to score for Scotland in 1896. [8]