Alexander Johnston (footballer)  Alexander Brown Johnston (1881 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional football outside right who played in the Scottish Football League for Falkirk. Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 years. He served as an acting bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 17 August 1917. He was buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, north of Ypres.