Alan West (born 18 December 1951 in Hyde, Cheshire) is an English retired football central midfielder.
He attended Greenfield Street Boys' Secondary Modern School in Hyde, Cheshire.
In 1973, he was set for a move to Sunderland but was told by medical staff that he had a condition which meant he would be crippled if he continued playing.
In 1976, he moved the Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League, playing with the team through the 1979 season.
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1950s, is a stub.