Sandy McAllister (c. 1878 – 31 January 1918) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a central defender. Before playing football, McAllister was a coal miner in Scotland.[1]
Club career[]
He made his debut for Sunderland against Stoke City on 20 February 1897 in a 4–1 win. at Newcastle Road.[2] He won the English Football League Championship with Sunderland in 1902.[3][4] He died in January 1918, while at war in Italy with the Northumberland Fusiliers after catching Food Poisoning.[1][5] He had made 211 appearances and scored 5 goals in his Sunderland career.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sandy McAllister". A Love Supreme. http://www.a-love-supreme.com/100%20greatest/30-21.htm. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ↑ "Sunderland 4–1 Stoke". The Stat Cat. http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD4530.asp. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Player.aspx?PlayerID=543.
- ↑ "McAllister Sandy Image 1 Sunderland 1899" (in en-GB). http://vintagefootballers.com/product/mcallister-sandy-image-1-sunderland-1899/.
- ↑ "Alexander McAllister | Service Record" (in en). https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/alexander-mcallister-service-record/.
- ↑ "Sandy McAllister". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060831034216/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG543.asp. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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