Alan Black (footballer)

Alan Black
Personal information
Full name Alan Douglas Black[1]
Date of birth (1943-06-04)4 June 1943
Place of birth Alexandria, Scotland
Date of death December 2025(2025-12-00) (aged 82)
Position Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1964 Dumbarton 35 (7)
1964–1966 Sunderland 6 (0)
1966–1973 Norwich City 176 (1)
1973–1974 Dumbarton 10 (0)
Total 227 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Douglas Black (4 June 1943 – December 2025) was a Scottish professional footballer. A left-back, he started and finished his career with Dumbarton. In between, he played for Sunderland and Norwich City. At Norwich, he was a member of the team that won the Second Division championship in 1972. Black died in December 2025, at the age of 82.[2][3]

Honours

Norwich City

References

  1. ^ "Alan Black". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Alan Black". Dumbarton F.C. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ^ "RIP: Alan Black (1943–2025) and Åge Hareide (1953–2025)". Canaries. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

Sources

  • Canary Citizens by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
  • Alan Black at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database