Australian rules footballer
| Alf Egan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred George Egan | ||
| Date of birth | (1910-04-03)3 April 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallacedale, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 January 1962(1962-01-21) (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Burnley, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Myamyn | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1931–1933 | Carlton | 36 (20) | |
| 1934–1935 | North Melbourne | 15 (7) | |
| Total | 51 (27) | ||
| 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).
Family
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.
He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.
Football
Egan was the first Indigenous Australian to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne.
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.
Death
He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.
See also
Notes
- 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
- 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
- Alf Egan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alf Egan at AustralianFootball.com
- Alf Egan, at Blueseum.
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