Career
Alex Venters, an inside forward, joined Rangers in November 1933 after his first club Cowdenbeath. He spent a total of 13 years at Ibrox Park, winning three Scottish league titles (1935, 1937 and 1939), two Scottish Cups (1935, 1936) and scoring 102 goals in 201 appearances. 18 of these 102 goals came against Celtic in various competitions.
In the last season before association football was suspended due to World World War II (1939) Venters was top scorer in the Scottish First Division (35 goals).
Venters was also a prolific scorer during World World War II, however as these games were unofficial his additional 53 war-time goals cannot be added to his official goalscoring record. After the war, Venters played for Third Lanark, Blackburn Rovers and ended his career with Raith Rovers.
He also played in four wartime internationals. In 1959 he died prematurely from a heart attack at the age of 45.