Alan Belcher (footballer)

Alan Belcher
Personal information
Full name	Alan Belcher
Date of birth	2 December 1884 (1884-12-02) (age 127)
Date of death	1921
Original team	Brunswick (VFA
Height/Weight	179cm / 86kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1904 1906–1919 Total	Collingwood Essendon	4 (1) 176 (40) 180 (41)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1910	Essendon	19 (12–7–0)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1919 season . ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1910.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership captain 1912 Essendon captain 1910, 1912–1915, 1919

Alan Belcher (2 December 1884–1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the VFL. He was the brother of South Melbourne player Vic Belcher.

Belcher started his career with Collingwood but it was with Essendon that he established himself as one of the premier ruckmen in the league. He formed a combination in the ruck with Fred Baring and Ernie Cameron, culminating in premiership success in 1912.

He was captain-coach in 1910 and represented Victoria at interstate football in patches during his career. From 1912 to 1915 he captained the club again in 1919 but it would be his final season, a broken toe forcing him to retire.

External links

Alan Belcher (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Essendonfc.com

Essendon Football Club 1912 VFL Premiers

Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 1. Belcher \| 2. Armstrong \| 4. Bowe \| 5. Baring \| 7. Chalmers \| 9. Kirkwood \| 10. Hanley \| 11. Kirby \| 12. Martin \| 14. McLeod \| 16. Ogden \| 17. Sewart \| 18. Shea \| 19. White \| 20. Walker \| 25. O'Brien \| 27. Caine \| 29. Griffith

Coach: Worrall

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey • 1901–1902: Collins • 1903: Anderson • 1904: Anderson/Gavin • 1905: Robinson • 1906: McKenzie • 1907–1909: Griffith • 1910: Belcher • 1911: Smith • 1912–1915: Belcher • 1918: Baring • 1919: Belcher • 1920–1921: Ogden • 1922–1924: Barker • 1925–1928: Maher • 1929–1930: Ruddell • 1931–1933: Campbell • 1935–1934: Forbes • 1936: Baggott • 1937: Baggott/Forbes • 1938: Webster • 1939–1950: Reynolds • 1951–1957: Hutchison • 1958–1964: Clarke • 1965–1968: Fraser • 1969: McKenzie • 1970–1971: Davis • 1972–1975: Tuddenham • 1976: Moss • 1977–1979: Fletcher • 1980–1981: Madden • 1982: N. Daniher • 1983–1988: T. Daniher • 1989–1991: T. Watson • 1992–1995: Thompson • 1996–1997: O'Donnell • 1998: Hird • 1999: Hird/Long • 2000–2005: Hird • 2006–2009: Lloyd • 2010–: J. Watson

Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith • 1910: Belcher • 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall • 1920–1921: Ogden • 1922–1924: Barker • 1922: Gravenall • 1925–1927: Maher • 1928–1930: Hardy • 1931–1933: Campbell • 1934–1935: May • 1936–1939: Baggott • 1939: Reynolds/Hunter • 1939–1960: Reynolds • 1941: Griggs • 1944: Plummer • 1945; 1946: Ruddell • 1959: Thaw • 1961–1967: Coleman • 1965: Sewell • 1968–1970: Clarke • 1971: Birt • 1972–1975: Tuddenham • 1976–1977: Stephen • 1978–1980: Davis • 1981–2007: Sheedy • 2006: O'Donnell • 2008–2010: Knights • 2011–: Hird

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Belcher, Alan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer-coach
Date of birth	2 December 1884
Place of birth
Date of death	1921
Place of death