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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alec Herd was a
Scottish professional footballer. Born in Bowhill, Scotland, he played
as a forward for Hamilton Academicals, Manchester City and Stockport
County. Herd was born in Bowhill in Scotland in 1911. His football
career began at Hamilton Academicals in the Scottish League. In 1933 he
transferred to the English team Manchester City who were then in the
first division. When Herd signed for Manchester City, the team included
England Internationals Eric Brook, Sam Cowan, Jackie Bray, Frank Swift
and Fred Tilson and former Scotland captain Jimmy McMullan. His debut
for City came in a 1-0 defeat to Blackpool. Herd scored his first goal
for City in a 2-1 victory against Derby County. The outside right Ernie
Toseland scored the other goal for City. In his first season for the
Manchester team Herd played in 14 league matches and scored 7 goals. He
was also part of the City team which was defeated 3-0 by Everton in the
1933 FA Cup Final
