# Alex Rollo
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{{Short description|Scottish footballer and manager (1926 – 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alex Rollo
| fullname = Alexander Rollo[{{Hugman|17086|accessdate=12 March 2017}}]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Dumbarton](/source/Dumbarton), Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2004|10|5|1926|9|18}}
| death_place = [Workington](/source/Workington), England
| position = [Left back](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| height =
| youthyears1 = –1948
| youthclubs1 = [Ashfield](/source/Ashfield_F.C.)
| youthyears2 = 1948–1951
| youthclubs2 = [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.)
| years1 = 1951–1954
| years2 = 1954–1956
| years3 = 1956–1957
| years4 = 1957–1960
| years5 = 1960–1961
| clubs1 = [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.)
| clubs2 = [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock_F.C.)
| clubs3 = [Dumbarton](/source/Dumbarton_F.C.)[{{cite book | last = McAllister | first = Jim | title = The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club | publisher = J&J Robertson Printers | year = 2002 | location = Dumbarton}}]
| clubs4 = [Workington](/source/Workington_A.F.C.)
| clubs5 = [Sligo Rovers](/source/Sligo_Rovers_F.C.)
| caps1 = 37
| caps2 = 50
| caps3 = 32
| caps4 = 127
| caps5 = ?
| totalcaps = 246 +
| goals1 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 4
| goals4 = 3
| goals5 = ?
| totalgoals = 8 +
| nationalyears1 = 1951
| nationalteam1 = [Scottish League XI](/source/Scottish_League_XI)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/alecrollo.html|title=Alec Rollo - Scotland Football League Record from 26 Sep 1951 to 26 Sep 1951 clubs - Celtic}}]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1960–1961
| managerclubs1 = [Sligo Rovers](/source/Sligo_Rovers_F.C.)
}}
'''Alex Rollo''' (18 September 1926 – 5 October 2004) was a Scottish [football](/source/association_football) player and manager. Rollo won the [Coronation Cup](/source/Coronation_Cup_(football)) with [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.), effectively marking [Hibs](/source/Hibernian_F.C.) winger [Gordon Smith](/source/Gordon_Smith_(footballer_born_1924)).[{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/alex-rollo-former-defensive-player-with-celtic-in-the-1950s-1.72927|title=Alex Rollo Former defensive player with Celtic in the 1950s|first=Bob|last=Crampsey|work=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|date=16 October 2004|accessdate=17 December 2011}}] He also won the [Scottish Cup](/source/Scottish_Cup) in 1951 and represented the [Scottish League](/source/Scottish_League_XI).