Past players A to Z
In this section we aim to include every player who has represented the club in a first team match, a deserved acknowledgement for their time at Mackessack Park .
ALLAN, Joe
DOB:
Previous clubs: Buckie Thistle
Date signed:
Date left: Signed for Keith on 1 August 1958.
Date died:
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CORMACK, Eric
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Date signed:
Date left:
Date died:
Excerpt from the Northern Scot - 24 Sep 1955:
Rothes are indeed fortunate in having so versatile a player on their books as Eric Cormack. Injuries to the team has made it necessary for the pint-sized utility man to turn out at back. He must surely be the smallest full-back in the league. But what he lacks in inches he makes up for in good positional play and enthusiasm.
SLESSOR, Dennis Albert
DOB: 1932
Date died: May 1991 in Edinburgh, aged 58. It was reported at the time that Dennis Slessor had previously been diagnosed as having a heart condition.
Goalkeeper Dennis was one of the unsung heroes of the successful 1959-60 Rothes FC side, when the club won the Highland League and also the North of Scotland Cup.
On 2 February 1963, Rothes defeated near neighbours Elgin City at Borough Briggs for only the second time since the Speysiders had entered the Highland League in 1938. This victory over Elgin was also significant for Dennis Slessor. In his ten seasons at Mackessack Park, the popular goalie had been a member of a winning Rothes side in all but one Highland League ground; Borough Briggs could finally be added to the list.
Dennis was a painter and decorator to trade and judging by this 1989 advertisement in the Northern Scot he had also built up an off-the-field reputation for reliability.
