Alex Menzies

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Alex Big Ming Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others.A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath,his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tackling wing half was a member of the side that took Rangers to the brink of defeat over a two-legged Scottish League Cup tie in September 1949. The late Harry Ewing said that If you cut Ming in half, like a stick of Blackpool Rock he would have Cowdenbeath printed around his waist.. After his death in 1990, Ewing recommended Cowdenbeaths new stand be named The Alex Menzies Stand, a suggestion that was adopted by the board.Everyone in Cowdenbeath knew Big Ming. He belonged to the Desperate Dan school of Scottish footballing manhood - Ron Ferguson

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