Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Galt Highet[1] | ||
Date of birth | c. 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 October 1940 (aged 26)[2] | ||
Place of death | HMT Lord Stamp, English Channel, off Isle of Portland, England | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938 | Queen's Park | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Galt Highet (c. 1914 – 14 October 1940) was a Scottish amateur footballer who made one appearance in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a left back.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Highet served as an able seaman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[2] He was killed in the English Channel when HMT Lord Stamp hit a naval mine on 14 October 1940.[3] Highet is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queen's Park | 1937–38[1] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Highet, Alexander Galt". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "† Highet, Alexander Galt". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 September 2017.