Alex McNab
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 December 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 3 April 1960 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
| Playing position | Wing Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1916–1924 | Greenock Morton | 190 | (37) |
| 1924–1928 | Boston Soccer Club | 149 | (35) |
| 1928–1930 | Fall River Marksmen | 106 | (22) |
| 1931 | → New York Yankees | 7 | (1) |
| 1931–1933 | → New Bedford Whalers | ||
| 1933–1934 | Stix, Baer and Fuller | ||
| 1935 | → St. Louis Central Breweries | ||
| 1936–1937 | → St. Louis Shamrocks | ||
| 1937 | South Side Radio | ||
| 1937–1938 | St. Matthew's | ||
| 1938–1939 | Burke's Undertakers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1921 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1932–1934 | Stix, Baer and Fuller | ||
| 1934–1935 | St. Louis Central Breweries | ||
| 1935–1937 | St. Louis Shamrocks | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alex "Alec" McNab (born 27 December 1895 in Greenock, Scotland; died 3 April 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a Scottish-American soccer player and coach. He began his career in Scotland before moving to the United States. In the US, he won six consecutive National Challenge Cups with teams from both the American Soccer League and St. Louis Soccer League. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.
McNab began his career with Greenock Morton in 1916, playing five seasons with the team until his departure for the United States in 1924. World War I caused the loss of three seasons due to partial suspension of professional sports in Scotland. On 27 April 1922, Greenock won the Scottish Cup, winning in the final against Rangers. In 1924, Morton offered McNab £4 per week. He considered this excessively low, but when he asked for a transfer, the club placed a prohibitively high fee on him to force him to stay with Greenock. When McNab received an offer from the Boston Soccer Club of the American Soccer League to play for £12 per week, McNab immediately left Scotland for the United States.
McNab earned two caps with the Scottish national team. His first was a 2–0 away win over Ireland on 26 February 1921 and the second was a 3–0 victory over England on 9 April 1921.
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