Alfie Conn, Sr
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Conn | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Prestonpans, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 7 January 2009 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Glenrothes, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside Right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Prestonpans YMCA | |||
| – | Inveresk Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–1958 | Hearts | 223 | (115) |
| 1958–1960 | Raith Rovers | 34 | (15) |
| 1960 | Johnannesburg Ramblers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1948–1955 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (2) |
| 1956 | Scotland | 1 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960 | Johnannesburg Ramblers | ||
| 1960–1962 | Gala Fairydean | ||
| 1962–1963 | Raith Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alfred "Alfie" Conn (2 October 1926 – 7 January 2009) was a Scottish internationalist footballer best remembered as part of the Terrible Trio of the Heart of Midlothian side of the late 40s and 1950s with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh.
Conn was born in Prestonpans, East Lothian. He joined Hearts from Inveresk Athletic in 1944, making his debut later that year in a 4–0 win over Dumbarton in a wartime Southern League match.
On 9 October 1948 after a mediocre start to the 1948–49 season, Hearts' manager Davie McLean gave a competitive first team debut to 20 year old centre forward Willie Bauld. 19 year old inside left, Jimmy Wardhaugh, and 22 year old inside right, Alfie Conn, had already broken through to the first team so this game marked the first time all three were deployed as a combined attacking force. They became dubbed the Terrible Trio and scored over 900 Hearts goals between them (Wardhaugh 376, Bauld 355, Conn 221). As a unit they played 242 games together. The combination of Wardhaugh's dribbling skills and non-stop running, Bauld's cerebral play and prodigious aerial ability, and Conn's energetic, tenacious style and powerful shooting complemented each other well. Their first match as a forward combination ended in a 6–1 defeat of Scot Symon's impressive East Fife team of the era. This was notable as Symon's team had defeated the Maroons 4–0 three weeks earlier.
Tangible progress was made in the League Championship in 1949–50 when Hearts finished third. McLean's death on 14 February 1951 saw Tommy Walker promoted to the new manager of Conn and his Hearts team mates. The important foundations Walker inherited from McLean included the Terrible Trio forwards. Walker managed Hearts for the rest of the time Conn was there.
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