Alf Egan
| Alf Egan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred George Egan | ||
| Born |
3 April 1910 Wallacedale, Victoria | ||
| Died |
21 January 1962 (aged 51) Burnley, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Myamyn | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1931–1933 | Carlton | 36 (20) | |
| 1934–1935 | North Melbourne | 15 (7) | |
| Total | 51 (27) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alfred George Egan (3 April 1910 – 21 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Edward Egan, and Margaret Egan, née Farrell, Alfred George Egan was born into the Gunditjmara indigenous community at Wallacedale, near Condah, in Western Victoria, on 3 April 1910.
Although his brother, Allan Edmund Egan (1914–1951), was cleared from "Melbourne Boys" to the North Melbourne Seconds in 1937, he did not play any senior VFL football.[2][3]
He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.
Football
[edit]Egan was the first Indigenous Australian to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne.[4]
He appeared as a centre half-forward in the 1932 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement for an injured Jack Green, but wasn't able to steer his side to a win.[5][6]
Death
[edit]He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Holmesby & Main, 2007.
- ↑ League Seconds' Permits, The Argus, (Wednesday, 30 June 1937), p.18.
- ↑ World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Allen Edmund Egan (VX144630), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- ↑ AFL Record, Round 9, 2011
- ↑ Blueseum.
- ↑ AFL Tables.
- ↑ Deaths: Egan, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 January 1962), p.18.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- De Bolfo, Tony, "How Alf Egan led the way", Carlton Media, carltonfc.com.au, Monday, 14 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- Alf Egan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alf Egan at AustralianFootball.com
- Alf Egan, at Blueseum.
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- 1910 births
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- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
- Carlton Football Club players
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 20th-century Indigenous Australian people
- Australian rules football biography, 1910 birth stubs