Alan Crawford (Australian rules footballer)

Alan Crawford
Personal information
Full nameAllan William Thomas Crawford[1]
Date of birth21 January 1916
Place of birthNathalia, Victoria
Date of death28 March 1988 (aged 72)
Original teamCarlton seconds
Height/Weight187 cm / 92 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1936–1938
1939–1941
1943–1945
1946
1947
1948–1949		North Melbourne
South Adelaide
North Melbourne
Launceston
Penguin
North Melbourne		13 (7)

47 (23)


17 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1949 season.

Allan William Thomas Crawford (21 January 1916 – 28 March 1988)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Crawford, a former Carlton seconds player, had a stop-start career in the VFL, starting with a stint from 1936 to 1938.[3][4] During the early war years he played for South Adelaide, then went back to North Melbourne in 1943.[4][5] A follower, Crawford won North Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1944.[6] He was playing coach of Launceston in 1946 and coached another Tasmanian club, Penguin, in 1947, before returning to North Melbourne in 1948, for two final seasons.[4][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Genealogy". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Alan Crawford - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Alan Crawford". AFL Tables.
  5. ↑ "Crawford to Return Here.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 24 February 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  7. ↑ "DISAPPOINTMENT IN NW.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 16 April 1947. p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2014.