| Albert Prior | |
| Fullname: | Albert Edward Prior |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Donvale, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Camberwell (VFA) |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Weight: | 85 kg |
| Statsend: | 1950 |
| Years1: | 1941, 1944–50 |
| Club1: | Hawthorn |
| Games Goals1: | 103 (258) |
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Albert Edward "Butch" Prior (15 January 1921 – 21 January 1971[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.[2]
The son of Thomas Edward Prior (1882–1968), and Charlotte Nicholls Prior (1884–1956), née Jensen,[3] Albert Edward Prior was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 January 1921.
He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.
A full-forward,[4] [5] [6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947. He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.
In 1951 Prior was cleared from Hawthorn and was appointed coach of the East Hawthorn team in the Eastern Suburban League.[7] [8]
Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.[9]
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