# Alec McCartney

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{{Short description|Irish footballer (1879–1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Alec McCartney
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| fullname       = Alexander Douglas McCartney
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1879|11|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Belfast](/source/Belfast), [Ireland](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland)
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1968|7|21|1879|11|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [Belfast](/source/Belfast), Northern Ireland
| height         = 
| position       = [Full back](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = Rosetta National School
| youthyears2    = 
| youthclubs2    = Ferndale
| youthyears3    = 
| youthclubs3    = Hatfield
| years1         = 1900–1902
| clubs1         = [Distillery](/source/Lisburn_Distillery_F.C.)
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 1902–1903
| clubs2         = [Ulster](/source/Ulster_F.C.)
| caps2          = 
| goals2         = 
| years3         = 1903–1904
| clubs3         = [Linfield](/source/Linfield_F.C.)
| caps3          = 
| goals3         = 
| years4         = 1904–1905
| clubs4         = [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.)
| caps4          = 0
| goals4         = 0
| years5         = 1905–1906
| clubs5         = [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.)
| caps5          = 6
| goals5         = 0
| years6         = 1906–1908
| clubs6         = [Belfast Celtic](/source/Belfast_Celtic_F.C.)
| caps6          = 
| goals6         = 
| years7         = 1908–1909
| clubs7         = [Glentoran](/source/Glentoran_F.C.)
| caps7          = 23
| goals7         = 0
| years8         = 1909–1910
| clubs8         = [Linfield](/source/Linfield_F.C.)
| caps8          = 
| goals8         = 
| totalcaps      = 29
| totalgoals     = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1903–1909
| nationalteam1  = [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950))
| nationalcaps1  = 15
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Alexander Douglas McCartney''' (14 November 1879 – 21 July 1968) was an Irish international [footballer](/source/association_football), active in both Ireland and England, who played as a [full back](/source/Defender_(association_football)).

==Career==
Born in the [Ballynafeigh](/source/Ballynafeigh) district of [Belfast](/source/Belfast), McCartney played youth football with Rosetta National School, Ferndale of the Belfast Alliance League, and then Hatfield, before beginning his senior career in 1900 with [Distillery](/source/Lisburn_Distillery_F.C.).<ref name=NIFG>{{Cite web | title = Alec McCartney | author =  | work = nifootball.blogspot.co.uk | date = 3 August 2007 | accessdate = 19 April 2018 | url = http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/alec-mccartney.html}}</ref> McCartney later played for [Ulster](/source/Ulster_F.C.) and [Linfield](/source/Linfield_F.C.) before moving to England to join [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.), where he spent a single season without making a League appearance. He moved to [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.), along with Everton teammate [George Kitchen](/source/George_Kitchen), in the summer of 1905 and played six [Southern League Division One](/source/Southern_Football_League) games for the club during 1905–06.<ref name=Hogg2005>{{cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| isbn= 1-903135-50-8 |page=132}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=443&united=Alex_McCartney| title=Alec McCartney| website=westhamstats.info| accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref>

After leaving West Ham, McCartney returned to Ireland and played for [Belfast Celtic](/source/Belfast_Celtic_F.C.) and [Glentoran](/source/Glentoran_F.C.), before returning to Linfield.<ref name=Hogg2005/>

McCartney earned fifteen caps for [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)) between 1903 and 1909.<ref name=NIFG/>

==References==
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Category:1879 births
Category:1968 deaths
Category:Association footballers from Belfast
Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Category:Irish association footballers (before 1923)
Category:Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
Category:Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
Category:Ulster F.C. players
Category:Linfield F.C. players
Category:Everton F.C. players
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Belfast Celtic F.C. players
Category:Glentoran F.C. players
Category:Men's association football full-backs
Category:NIFL Premiership players

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