Alexander Garfield Gillespie (April 27, 1885 – January 17, 1956), sometimes known as A. G. Gillespie, was an American football player and a brigadier general in the United States Army. Gillespie was born and raised on a family farm in Argentine Township, Michigan, near Gaines, Michigan. He taught in the Dodder school district from 1901 to 1902 and attended Michigan Normal College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He passed an examination for admission to the United States Military Academy and, in 1902, enrolled at the Academy as a classmate of Douglas MacArthur, Joseph Stilwell and George Patton. He also played at the end position for the Army Black Knights football team and was captain of the 1905 Army football team. He was selected by Walter Camp as a second-team member of his 1904 College Footbal