Alec Brader
 Brader in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 October 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 October 2024 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Horncastle United | ||
| 1956–1963 | Grimsby Town[1] | 2 | (0) |
| 1963–19?? | Skegness Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alec Brader, MBE (6 October 1942 – 27 October 2024) was an English professional footballer, schoolteacher and youth athletics coach who played as an inside forward.[2] Following his football career he became a schoolteacher teaching Physical Education, Geography, and European Studies, spending most of his career at William Lovell Academy where he eventually became Deputy Headmaster. He also volunteered as a youth athletics coach for Lincolnshire teams for over 40 years. For the Easter time he organized and went on tour with the Lincs Schools F.A.[3] to the triborder area of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. The youth football players took part in international tournaments and friendly matches. [4]
For his services to "young people" he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Years Honours list.[5]
Brader died from kidney disease in Lincoln, on 27 October 2024, at the age of 82.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Marinersarchive: Alec Brader
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 18. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ Lincs Schools F.A.
- ^ "Boston's Alec Brader to become an MBE". www.bostonstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "London Gazette, Supplement 58929, page 14". London Gazette. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Brader, Sue. "The family of Alec Brader sadly wish to announce after a long battle with kidney disease Alec passed away at Lincoln hospital". Facebook. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Alec Brader MBE". Funeral Notices. Retrieved 4 November 2024.