12 Facts About Alex McNab

Alexander McNab was a Scottish-American soccer player and coach.

Alex McNab began his career in Scotland before moving to the United States.

Alex McNab was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.

Alex McNab 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 in Greenock.

Alex McNab became an immediate success with the Boston Soccer Club.

In 1928, Alex McNab left Boston for the Fall River Over the next three season, the 'Marksmen' took three league titles as well as the 1930 and 1931 National Challenge Cups.

However, Alex McNab broke his arm the day before the decisive game and Fall River was forced to play with ten men as they had failed to bring substitutes to Chicago.

Alex McNab took the offer, inducing both Gonsalves and McPherson to join him at SBF.

In 1934, St Louis Central Breweries took over sponsorship of the team, renaming it appropriately enough, St Louis Central Breweries FC In 1935, Alex McNab won his sixth straight Challenge Cup with Central Breweries.

In 1937, Alex McNab went to his eighth straight National Cup final, losing this one to the New York Nationals.

Alex McNab immediately proved he was as good a coach as a player, taking SBF to two consecutive league and National Challenge Cup titles.

Alex McNab died in 1960 when he suffered a heart attack playing golf.