Alex Scott's 9ct. gold Football League Division One Championship medal season 1962-63, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 1, SEASON 19
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Alex Scott's 9ct. gold Football League Division One Championship medal season 1962-63, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 1, SEASON 1962-63, A.S. SCOTT, EVERTON F.C., in original fitted case Alexander ''Alex'' Silcock Scott (22 November 1937 - 13 September 2001) was born in Falkirk and a right winger who started his professional career at Rangers aged 16 in 1954 where he had jouined from Bo'ness United. Scott made an immediate impact scoring a hat-trick in his first-team debut against his home-town club Falkirk at Ibrox aged just 19 years old. In nine years with the club he scored 108 goals in 331 matches and won four League titles, one Scottish Cup and two League Cups as well as Cup Winners' Cup runners-up medal in 1961 following the defeat by Fiorentina, albeit scoring for his side. Scott won 16 caps for Scotland between 1956 and 1966 and was a member of their 1958 World Cup squad. With Rangers signing Willie Henderson he moved to Everton in February 1963 for £39,000 and helped them win the Division One title two months later, for which the present medal was awarded. Harry Catterick's team finished the season with 61 points, five ahead of nearesr rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Scott also won a F.A. Cup winner's medal with the Toffees in 1966. Scott returned to Scotland in 1967 and ended his career with spells at Hibs and Falkirk, retiring from football in 1972 and setting up in business with his brother Jim, who had also played football professionally. Alex Scott died in Falkirk aged 63.