Alf Gough (footballer, born 1888)

For the former Carlton and Geelong player, see Alf Gough (footballer, born 1884).

Alf Gough
Gough in 1910
Personal information
Full name Alphonsus Liguori Gough[1]
Date of birth 8 March 1888
Place of birth Tarrawingee, Victoria
Date of death 22 April 1930(1930-04-22) (aged 42)
Place of death Ormond, Victoria
Original team(s) Leopold[2]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908–1911, 1915 South Melbourne 63 (47)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alf Gough (8 March 1888 – 22 April 1930)[3][4] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Gough was a forward pocket and second rover for South Melbourne in their 1909 premiership team. He kicked South Melbourne's fourth and final goal, in the third quarter, which helped them secure a two-point win.[5] In 1910 he did not miss a single game and he appeared in the opening 16 rounds of the 1911 VFL season.[6]

He then spent some time in New South Wales, playing for Sydney club Paddington. He returned to South Melbourne for one final season in 1915.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "Men of the time", The Football Record (1), Melbourne, VIC: 22, 27 April 1912
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ The Age, "Death Of Former Footballer", 30 April 1930, p. 5
  4. ^ "Alf Gough – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ^ "South Ends Nineteen Year Drought". Australian Football.
  6. ^ AFL Tables: Alf Gough
  7. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, "The Australian Game", 14 May 1913, p. 5
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