Alan Gale

Alan Gale
Personal information
Birth	8 September 1930
Recruited from	Police Boys' football team
Height and weight	185 cm / 91 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Fitzroy (1948–61) 213 games, 19 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1961 season
Career highlights
Fitzroy Team of the Century

Alan 'Butch' Gale (8 September 1930–1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1950s.

1 Background
2 Career highlights
3 See also
4 References

Background

Gale made his league debut in 1948, at the age of just 17, after being recruited from the Police Boys' football club. His early games suggested that he was little more than an honest trier.^[1] However, as his career entered into the 1950s, Gale elevated his performances to a new, higher level. During this period, Gale finished runner-up in the clubs best and fairest award a record seven times. Unfortunately, he never finished first robbing him of an opportunity to be remembered as a great player on Fitzroy's honour board.^[1]

Some of Gale's best football came while resting in defence, and he would undoubtedly have made a fine key position defender had Fitzroy been able to spare him from the ruck.^[1]

Gale captained Fitzroy from 1958 until his retirement in 1961.^[2] He also reprented Victoria in interstate football, leading them in 1959. He was named in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.

Career highlights

On 3 May 2001, Gale was named in Fitzroy's Team of the Century, as the ruckman.^[3]

In 2007, The Brisbane Lions recognised Gale as one of the ten greatest Lions players from the era 1957 to 1966.^[4]

Playing career:

Fitzroy 1948–1961 (Games 213; Goals 19; Brownlow votes 30)^[5]

Player honors:

12th Brownlow Medal 1957.
Fitzroy captain: 1958 to 1961.^[2]
Fitzroy Best & Fairest runner-up: 7 times
Victorian representative: 12 games

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Full Points Footy (2008). AFL Player: Alan 'Butch' Gale. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
^ ^a ^b Brisbane Lions (2008). Fitzroy Football Club Honour Board 1897 – 1996. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
^ Footy Stamps (2006). Fitzroy's Team of the Century. Retrieved on 11 July 2008.
^ Brisbane Lions (2007). Our Kings of the Pride. Retrieved on 11 July 2008.
^ AFL Stats (2008). AFL PLayers: Alan Gale. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.

Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club

1897: Cleary • 1898–1900: Sloan • 1901–1902: McSpeerin • 1903–1905: Brosnan • 1906–1907: Jenkins • 1908–1910: Sharp • 1911: McLennan • 1912: Cooper • 1913: Walker • 1914–1915: Parratt • 1916: Johnson • 1917–1918: Holden • 1919: Johnson • 1920: Parratt • 1921: Parratt/Lethbridge • 1922: Lethbridge • 1923: Rattray • 1924–1925: Atkinson • 1926: Adams • 1927: Wigraft • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Chapman • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932: Bunton/Sexton • 1933: Sexton/Moriarty • 1934: Cashman/Davies • 1935: Cameron • 1936–1937: Bunton • 1938–1941: Curcio • 1942: Hearn • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1948: Ruthven • 1949: Smith • 1950: Smith/Ruthven • 1951–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1958–1961: Gale • 1962: Abrahams • 1963–1964: Murray • 1965: Rogerson • 1966: Rogerson/Hayes • 1967–1972: Murray • 1973–1977: Murphy • 1978: Merrigan • 1979–1980: Alexander • 1981–1984: Wilson • 1985–1987: Rendell • 1988–1990: Roos • 1991: Osborne • 1992–1994: Roos • 1995–1996: Boyd

Persondata
Name	Gale, Alan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	8 September 1930
Place of birth
Date of death	1987
Place of death

Alan Gale

Contents

Background

Career highlights

See also

References