Alf Boyd

Alf Boyd
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-10-22)22 October 1920
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 3 July 1998(1998-07-03) (aged 77)
Place of death South Africa
Position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dundee North End
1946–1947 St Johnstone 6 (2)
1947–1953 Dundee 170 (18)
Marist Bros.
Total 176 (20)
International career
1949 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
Marist Bros.
Durban City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alf Boyd (22 October 1920 – 3 July 1998) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half.

Career

Born in Dundee, Boyd played in Scotland for Dundee North End, St Johnstone and Dundee; he was later player-coach of Marist Bros. in South Africa. He went on to manage Durban City.

Boyd played 235 games and scored 27 times for Dundee. He only missed six games in that period. He captained Dundee to consecutive League Cup wins.

Boyd was later on the backroom staff when Dundee won the League in 1962.

International career

Boyd played for the Scotland Schoolboys team against England in 1935.

His solitary senior international honour was being selected for the Scottish League against the Football League in 1949.

Honours

Dundee

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Alf Boyd". HeraldScotland. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alf Boyd". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Played for Dundee and St Johnstone – Alfie Boyd". Dundee FC. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Dundee 5 Dundee Utd 0 Forfarshire Cup (Final)". Arab Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
    "Dundee 2 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup (Final Replay)". Arbroath Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dundee 2 Dundee Utd 3 Forfarshire Cup (Final)". Arab Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Hall of Fame: ALFIE BOYD". The Dark Blues. Retrieved 29 March 2023.