Alex "Big Ming" Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others.
A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath, his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tackling wing half was a member of the side that took Rangers to the brink of defeat over a two-legged Scottish League Cup tie in September 1949.[6] The late Harry Ewing said that "If you cut Ming in half, like a stick of Blackpool Rock he would have Cowdenbeath printed around his waist.".[7] After his death in 1990, Ewing recommended Cowdenbeath's new stand be named "The Alex Menzies Stand", a suggestion that was adopted by the board.[8]
Everyone in Cowdenbeath knew Big Ming. He belonged to the Desperate Dan school of Scottish footballing manhood – Ron Ferguson
Notes
- ^ a b DUMBARTON : 1946/47 – 1953/54 & 1955/56 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ^ COWDENBEATH : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ^ ST JOHNSTONE : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ^ STIRLING ALBION : 1947/48 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ^ ALLOA ATHLETIC : 1946/47 – 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ^ Ferguson, 1993.
- ^ part of Citation when he was inducted into the Cowdenbeath F.C. Hall of Fame. Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alex Menzies stand to right Archived 19 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Ferguson, R Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, 1993 Aberdeen, Northern Books for Famedram ISBN 978-0-905489-53-7
- Ferguson, R Helicopter Dreams, 2006 Aberdeen Northern ISBN 978-0-905489-86-5
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