Alf L. Gough

Alf Gough
Personal information
Full name Alfred L. Gough
Date of birth 8 March 1888
Original team Leopold[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908-1911, 1915 South Melbourne 63 (47)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1915 season .

Alf Gough (8 March 1888 - April 1930[2]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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.[3] In 1910 he didn't miss a single game and he appeared in the opening 16 rounds of the 1911 VFL season.[4]

He then spent some time in New South Wales, playing for Sydney club Paddington, but returned to South Melbourne for one final season in 1915.[5]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
  2. ^ The Age,"Death Of Former Footballer", 30 April 1930, p. 5
  3. ^ "South Ends Nineteen Year Drought". Full Points Footy. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/south_end_nineteen_year_drought.htm. 
  4. ^ AFL Tables: Alf Gough
  5. ^ Sydney Morning Herald,"The Australian Game", 14 May 1913, p. 5