Australian rules footballer
| Alex Grant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexander McGregor Grant | ||
| Date of birth | (1888-07-29)29 July 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Casterton, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 25 June 1973(1973-06-25) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Remuera, New Zealand | ||
| Original team(s) | Ormond College / Hamilton College | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1909–1910 | University | 2 (0) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alexander McGregor Grant CBE (29 July 1888 – 25 June 1973) was a New Zealand surgeon, horse-racing administrator, racehorse owner and breeder.
He was born in Casterton, Victoria, Australia on 29 July 1888. Before moving to New Zealand he was an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He also served in World War I with the No. 3 New Zealand Field Ambulance.
In the 1963 Queen's Birthday Honours, Grant was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine and racing.
References
- Ralston, Bruce. "Alexander McGregor Grant". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Alexander McGregor Grant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alexander McGregor Grant at AustralianFootball.com
- Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
- "No. 43012". The London Gazette. 8 June 1963. p. 4832.
   | This biography related to medicine in New Zealand is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1888 is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This New Zealand horse racing biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1888 births
- 1973 deaths
- New Zealand racehorse owners and breeders
- New Zealand surgeons
- People from Casterton, Victoria
- Australian emigrants to New Zealand
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- University Football Club players
- University of Melbourne alumni
- New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- 20th-century Australian surgeons
- New Zealand medical biography stubs
- Australian rules biography, 1888 birth stubs
- Oceanian horse racing biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs