Alex Bain
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 January 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2014 (aged 77–78) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1957 | Motherwell | 23 | (10) |
| 1957–1959 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | (11) |
| 1959–1960 | Chesterfield | 18 | (9) |
| 1960–1961 | Falkirk | 9 | (7) |
| 1961–1962 | Bournemouth | 8 | (4) |
| 1962–1963 | Falkirk | 9 | (5) |
| Total | 96 | (46) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alex Bain (born 22 January 1936; died 2014) was a professional footballer, who played for teams in both Scotland and England.
He scored two goals for in an extraordinary match between Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town that took place on 21 December 1957 at Charlton Athletic's home ground, The Valley. Charlton played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Derek Ufton was injured, and Huddersfield were leading 5–1 with just 27 minutes remaining. At that point, Johnny Summers began an extraordinary passage of play in which he scored five goals and assisted with two others to allow Charlton to win 7–6. Huddersfield become the first, and still the only, team to score six goals in an English Football League match - or indeed any other professional football match - and still be on the losing side.