Alan Fitcher | |
Fullname: | Alan Angove Fitcher |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1908 |
Birth Place: | Carlton North, Victoria |
Death Place: | Frankston, Victoria |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 85 kg |
Statsend: | 1936 |
Years1: | 1929–1936 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 98 (21) |
Alan Angove Fitcher (25 February 1908 – 26 January 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Fitcher, a ruckman, was born in North Carlton and played at Fitzroy for eight seasons.[2] [3] In 1937, Fitcher was cleared to Brighton, a club he would captain-coach in 1938.[4] [5] He led Brighton to the 1938 VFA Grand Final, which they lost to Brunswick.[6] He crossed to Camberwell in 1939.[7] After the war he became a well known journalist with The Sporting Globe newspaper.[3] [8]