Alexander "Sandy" Young. Born July 12th 1880, the son of a coalminer
Young joined from Falkirk in 1901, aged 21, debut against Villa on 28th September.
He scored the first ever derby hat trick when he netted 4 in the 1904 5-1 win at Goodison
Sandy scored the only goal of the 1906 FA Cup final at Crystal Palace when Everton played Newcastle. He netted 15 minutes from full time he smashed Jack Sharps cross passed the Newcastle keeper.
He top scored in England in 1906-07
His goalscoring record was unparralleled at Goodison until the arrival of Dixie dean scoring 125 goals in 314 games.
He is the forth highest goalscorer in Everton history, only Dean, Sharp and Latchford scored more.
In 1911 he was transferred to Tottenham where he scored 3 in his first 2 games. He failed to score in the next two games so was dropped. As a result he demanded a transfer and subsequently made a swift return to the north west to play for Man City and then South Liverpool.
He was however unsettled and decided to emigrate to Australia.
He had earlier lent his brother £150 to go to Australia, and when he to emigrated, he joined his brother on his farm outside Melbourne and subsequently lent him a further £175 (a large sum of money in those days).
Sandy didn't get on well with his brother John who was violent and threatening, the issue of the loan of money rankled between them and they had frequent fights, one evening on 31st November 1915, John again threatened Sandy, "You or me will have to enter Heaven tonight".
After an acrimonous parting and an uneasy night's sleep, Sandy heard a noise, and fearing his brother quickly grabbed a double barrelled shotgun and loaded it. He found his brother John in the cow shed where he was milking and the argument quickly resumed. John picked up a shovel and again threatened Sandy.
Sandy ran out of the shed but John chased him, after about 40 yards Sandy stopped and turned to face his brother pointing the gun "Stand or I will fire"
John swung the shovel, Sandy fired and his brother fell to the ground.
Leaving John lying mortally wounded on the ground, Sandy Picked up the shovel and carried it with the gun into the kitchen
where he sat at the kitchen table put the shotgun against his face and pulled the trigger.
He survived and after a spell in hospital he was put on trial for the murder of his brother.
Sandy was found not guilty of murder, but he was convicted of manslaughter, helped a great deal by Everton who telegrammed to his lawyers statements to the effect that he was prone to "fits of temporary insanity" as a player for them.
He served three years in jail for manslaughter but was kept in asylums after the sentence expired due to mental weakness.
He did however eventually return to his native Scotland where he died in Edinburgh on September 18th 1959 due to cardiovascular degeneration.
A life touched by greatness and tragedy.
Alexander Simpson Young
July 12th 1880 - September 18th 1959
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