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Alexander Govan (16 June 1929 – 10 June 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who played at outside left. Most of his career was spent with Plymouth Argyle (in two spells) and with Birmingham City during their most successful period in the 1950s, and he also had a short spell with Portsmouth. He is credited with being responsible for Birmingham's fans adopting Harry Lauder's song "Keep right on to the end of the road" as their anthem.

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

• Third Division South champions 1952

• Third Division champions 1959

Birmingham City

• Second Division champions 1955

• FA Cup finalist 1956

• Club's top scorer 1956–57