# Alex Steel

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**Alexander Steel** (25 July 1886 – 1954)[1] was a Scottish professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played for Newmilns, [Ayr](/source/Ayr_F.C.), [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.), [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.), [Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona), [Kilmarnock](/source/Kilmarnock_F.C.), [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.) and [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.).[2][3] In his spell at Barcelona he won two [Pyrenees Cups](/source/Pyrenees_Cup) in [1912](/source/Pyrenees_Cup#1912_Pyrenees_Cup) and [1913](/source/1913_Pyrenees_Cup).[4]

## Football career

Steel began his career at local [non-league](/source/Non_League_Football) club Newmilns before joining Ayr. In 1905 he joined Manchester City and made 32 league and [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) appearances for the [Hyde Road](/source/Hyde_Road_Football_Stadium) club, scoring only once.[5] The [right half](/source/Midfielder#Wide_midfielder) signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1908 and played in one first-team match in his three years with *Spurs*.[6][7]

After playing a few games back in his native [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire) with Kilmarnock,[a] Steel joined [FC Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona) during the 1911–12 season and quickly became one of the club's benchmarks, netting 56 goals in just 43 matches. At *Barça* he won two [Pyrenees Cups](/source/Pyrenees_Cup) in [1912](/source/Pyrenees_Cup#1912_Pyrenees_Cup) and [1913](/source/1913_Pyrenees_Cup), scoring once in the quarter-finals of the former and netting a [hat-trick](/source/Hat-trick#Association_football) in the quarter-finals of the latter,[8] and even though he did not found the back of the net again in the 1913 edition, his hat-trick alone was enough to make him the tournament's shared [top scorer](/source/1913_Pyrenees_Cup#Top_Scorers) alongside [Frank Allack](/source/Frank_Allack). After leaving Barcelona he had spells in England at Southend United and finally Gillingham,[9] where he played the [1919–20 Southern Football League](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League) season as a [defender](/source/Association_football_positions#Defender) before ending his playing career.

His brothers [Danny](/source/Danny_Steel) and [Bobby](/source/Bobby_Steel) were also footballers, both having a significant association with Tottenham Hotspur; the three siblings played together in one [Football League](/source/Football_League) fixture against [Bradford City](/source/Bradford_City_A.F.C.) in January 1910, Alex's only league appearance for the club.[10][11] Alex later recommended Bobby as a signing for Gillingham.

## Honours

**Barcelona**

- [Pyrenees Cup](/source/Pyrenees_Cup): [1912](/source/Pyrenees_Cup#1912_Pyrenees_Cup), [1913](/source/1913_Pyrenees_Cup)

## References

1. The FitbaStats website attributes appearances in three seasons at Kilmarnock to 'Steel, ?' which would clash with the time in Barcelona,[12] but the Litster files attribute only the 1911 matches to Alex and the others to James Steel.[3]

1. ["Alexander Steel"](https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=14575). *www.bdfutbol.com*. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). *Football League Players' Records*. soccerdata. p. 248. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.

1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.

1. ["Alexander 'Sandy' Steel stats - FC Barcelona Players"](https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/852-steel-alexander-sandy-steel). *players.fcbarcelona.com*. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

1. ["Alex Steel"](https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/history/Players/Player.aspx?id=155). *BlueMoon*. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

1. ["Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players"](http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html). *BlueMoon*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html) 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

1. Bob Goodwin (2017). [*The Spurs Alphabet*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AOqcDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Danny+Steel&pg=PA406). Lulu.com. ISBN 9780954043421.

1. ["1913 Pyrenees Cup"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#13). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. 4 May 2017. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220730000108/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#13) 30 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

1. [Alex Steel](http://gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Steel,Alex), Gillingham FC Scrapbook

1. [Tottenham On This Day: Three Brothers Play In The Same Spurs Team](https://hotspurhq.com/2014/01/29/tottenham-day-three-brothers-play-spurs-team/), Logan Holmes, Fansided, 29 January 2014

1. [Hotspur Towers - Spurs Steel](http://www.indiaspurs.com/blog/hotspur-towers-spurs-steel), Keith Harrison, India Spurs, 28 January 2016

1. [(Kilmarnock player) Steel, ?](https://www.fitbastats.com/kilmarnock/player.php?playerid=7065). FitbaStats. Retrieved 11 August 2022

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