Post by auldreekie on Dec 22, 2016 9:06:47 GMT
I was saddened to hear the news of the passing of Ally Brack. He played just before my time watching City but I knew his name by reputation. His career is well documented in the City History. However, here are a few other pieces of information on one of my "City Scots". He played Junior football for Stonehaven near his native Aberdeen. Stonehaven play in royal blue and their nickname is “The Hive” so some Worcester connections there! Stonehaven did not pick up any honours during Ally time there but the club is still going strong and is playing in the North Superleague – the highest standard of Junior football and one of three regional leagues at that level.
I am 99% sure that another player - Donald Brack - is a brother or cousin of Ally. Both share the same middle name (Holland), hail from Aberdeen and Brack is not a common name in the North East of Scotland. Donald was born a year earlier than Ally and started his Junior football career with Cattofield, an Aberdeen club that disbanded in 1961. He signed for Montrose a couple of years before Ally joined Cardiff City. He had two seasons at Links Park (19 league games and 2 goals).
I could not see a message from bracksy commenting on my old post. However, if Donald Brack is indeed a relation to City's Ally Brack he may be interested to know that Donald Brack of Frederick Street School represented Aberdeen at schoolboy level. He was in the team that won the Wilson Trophy, the Scottish Primary Schools competition. Well I am fairly confident that they won but I only know they won the first leg of the final in Dumfries 4:1. In that team alongside Donald was John Ogston (Aberdeen, Liverpool and Doncaster Rovers) and Alex Dawson (Manchester United, Preston North End, Bury and Brighton & Hove Albion). One of the two Frasers in the squad might be Doug Fraser (Aberdeen, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Walsall) who would be the right age. However, the most famous name is one of the reserves - “Law (Kittybrewster)”. That is of course Denis Law and he credits his school teacher at Kittybrewster Primary School with converting him from a full back to an inside forward. The rest, as they say, is history!