Alexander Ramsay Grosert MC (1 January 1889 – 12 September 1952) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a right half in the Scottish League for Hibernian, Aberdeen, Leith Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic.

Personal life

Grosert served in McCrae's Battalion, the Machine Gun Corps and the Gordon Highlanders of the British Army during the First World War. Grosert was serving as a second lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders in 1918 when he performed an action which was recognised with the Military Cross:

Sandy Grosert

Grosert was severely gassed and wounded during the war. After his retirement from football, he became an amateur golfer and was also a qualified dentist.

Sandy Grosert

Career statistics

References

1889 births

1952 deaths

Military personnel from Edinburgh

Scottish men's footballers

Scottish Football League players

British Army personnel of World War I

Royal Scots soldiers

McCrae's Battalion

Sportspeople from Leith

Men's association football wing halves

Machine Gun Corps soldiers

Gordon Highlanders officers

Recipients of the Military Cross

Hibernian F.C. players

Aberdeen F.C. players

Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players

Scottish dentists

Amateur golfers

Scottish male golfers

Leith Athletic F.C. players

Newtongrange Star F.C. players

Footballers from Edinburgh

Golfers from Edinburgh

20th-century dentists

Sandy Grosert