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Lex Gold

Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant

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Born
December 14, 1940
Age in 2026
86
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1940

About Lex Gold

Lex Gold CBE (born 14 December 1940) is a Scottish administrator and former footballer who was a director of Caledonian MacBrayne as of 2012. Gold was born in Lanark, and played professional football as a teenager, including an 18-month spell with Rangers. He was a civil servant for over thirty years. Gold was chairman of Hibernian until he resigned after the club was relegated in 1998. In 1998, he was invited to deliver the Marlow (Scotland) Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. Gold was also on the boards of NHS Lanarkshire, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland. Until October 2009 Gold was the executive chairman of the SPL.

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Lex Gold timeline

  1. Gold was chairman of Hibernian until he resigned after the club was relegated in 1998.
  2. Until October 2009 Gold was the executive chairman of the SPL.

The world when Lex Gold was born

Lex Gold was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1940

  • #1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieRebecca
  • Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
  • Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
  • Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
  • Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
  • U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lex Gold's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19402026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,300$435,000
Average income$3,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population132.2M341 million

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