Alf Egan

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 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

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

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

He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.[7]

See also

Gunditjmara of note

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main, 2007.
  2. ^ League Seconds' Permits, The Argus, (Wednesday, 30 June 1937), p.18.
  3. ^ World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Allen Edmund Egan (VX144630), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  4. ^ AFL Record, Round 9, 2011
  5. ^ Blueseum.
  6. ^ AFL Tables.
  7. ^ 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.
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