Andy Aitken (footballer, born 1919)

Andy Aitken

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Irving Aitken[1]
Date of birth	(1919-10-15)15 October 1919
Place of birth	Cathcart, Scotland
Date of death	8 June 2000(2000-06-08) (aged 80)[2]
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland[3]
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1939	Shawfield
1939–1944	Queen's Park	116	(29)
1944–1945	Third Lanark
1945–1946	Hamilton Academical
1946–1949	Queen's Park	56	(26)
International career
1948	Great Britain	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Irving Aitken (15 October 1919 – 8 June 2000) was a Scottish amateur footballer who made over 170 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside right.^[3][4][5][6] He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[7][8][9]

Personal life

Prior to and during the Second World War, Aitken worked for David Colville & Sons in Motherwell.^[10]

References

1. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
2. Crampsey, Bob (15 August 2000). "Andy Aitken". The Herald. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
3. "Aitken, Andrew Irving". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
4. Andy Aitken at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
5. "1945–46". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
6. "Aitken, Andy (1945)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
7. "Andrew Aitken". 11v11.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
8. "Andy Aitken". Team GB. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
9. "Andy Aitken". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
10. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andy Aitken". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

External links

• Andrew Aitken – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Andrew Aitken at Olympics.com