Alan Poore | |
Fullname: | Alan Charles Poore |
Nickname: | Sammy |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1942 |
Originalteam: | Mentone |
Height: | 179 cm |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Statsend: | 1978 |
Years1: | 1961–1964 |
Club1: | Collingwood (VFL) |
Games Goals1: | 11 (5) |
Years2: | 1965–71, 1978 |
Club2: | Waverley (VFA) |
Games Goals2: | 124 |
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Alan Poore (born 7 July 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Waverley in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Poore had a brief career with Collingwood, remaining with the club for four years from 1961 until 1964 but never managing to cement a regular place the side, in part due to injuries suffered in a car accident in 1962.[1] In 1965 he joined Waverley and was a member of their premiership side that season as well as winning a J. J. Liston Trophy. He won the award again in 1966 to become the first ever player in the history of the VFA to win it twice. A centreman, he was also a dual best and fairest winner at Waverley and in 1966 represented the VFA at the Hobart Carnival. He left the club after 1971, but made a brief comeback in 1978 at the age of 35. He finished with a total of 124 games for Waverley.