Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 December 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Cowie, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gowanhill United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1959 | Kilmarnock | 0 | (0) |
| 1959–1962 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | (9) |
| 1962–1965 | Stirling Albion | 51 | (11) |
| 1965–1966 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | (4) |
| 1966–1968 | Albion Rovers | 23 | (0) |
| 1968–1970 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | (0) |
| Total | 148 | (24) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1968–1974 | Stenhousemuir | ||
| 1974–1986 | Stirling Albion | ||
| Scotland U18 | |||
| 1986–1988 | St Mirren | ||
| 1988–1992 | Aberdeen | ||
| 1992–1996 | Clyde | ||
| 1998–2002 | Scotland U21 | ||
| 2000–2002 | Dundee United | ||
| 2002–2005 | Ross County | ||
| 2013 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Falkirk (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alex Smith MBE (born 25 December 1939) is a Scottish former football player and manager. His major achievements over close to five decades as a manager include winning the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren and 1990 with Aberdeen, where he also won the Scottish League Cup in 1989. He also won league titles with Stirling Albion and Clyde.
He managed the Scotland under-18, under-21 and under-23 teams.
He had a role in the development of many prominent players, and the 2005 book on Scottish football, The Final Whistle? was described as "the nearest thing the Scottish game has to a father figure".