Alan McCrory explained

Alan McCrory
Fullname:Allison Razey McCrory
Birth Date:26 February 1918
Birth Place:Derry, Ireland
Originalteam:Carnegie
Height:178 cm
Weight:73 kg
Statsend:1943
Years1:1938
Games Goals1:5 (2)
Years2:1940
Club2:Oaklleigh (VFA)
Games Goals2:19 (53)
Years3:1941, 1943
Games Goals3:4 (2)

Allison Razey 'Alan' McCrory (26 February 1918 – 24 April 1985[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A key position player, McCrory also played for Oakleigh Football Club in the Victorian Football Association in 1940.[3] He joined the Royal Australian Air Force towards the end of World War II,[4] and later moved to Queensland where he worked as an airport fire officer until his retirement in 1974.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resting Place Allambe Memorial Park Allison Razey (Alan) Mccrory.
  2. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 570.
  3. "Too many passengers carried by South", The Record, 5 July 1941, p. 3.
  4. Web site: A. R. McCrory RAAF Service Record.