Alexander Steel (25 July 1886 – 1954)[1] was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Newmilns, Ayr, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, Kilmarnock, Southend United and Gillingham.
In 1905 he joined Manchester City and made 32 league and FA Cup appearances for the Hyde Road club, scoring only once.
[5] The right half signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1908 and played in one first-team match in his three years with Spurs.
[6][7] After playing a few games back in his native Ayrshire with Kilmarnock,[a] Steel joined FC Barcelona during the 1911–12 season and quickly became one of the club's benchmarks, netting 56 goals in just 43 matches.
At Barça he won two Pyrenees Cups in 1912 and 1913, scoring once in the quarter-finals of the former and netting a hat-trick in the quarter-finals of the latter,[9] and even though he did not found the back of the net again in the 1913 edition, his hat-trick alone was enough to make him the tournament's shared top scorer alongside Frank Allack.