Alex MacKenzie explained

Alex MacKenzie
Fullname:	Alexander George Greig MacKenzie
Birth Date:	13 January 1882
Birth Place:	West Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	East Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:	Williamstown (VFA)
Statsend:	1912
Years1:	1911–1912
Games Goals1:	11 (1)

Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (13 January 1882 – 24 May 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

MacKenzie later served in the Australian Army during World War I, suffering a gunshot wound to his chest and back in fierce fighting near Ypres, Belgium in October 1917.^[2]

Death

He died at his residence in East Melbourne, Victoria on 24 May 1947.^[3]

External links

• • • Alick McKenzie, at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. 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 . 538.
2. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 2015 . 173 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-9923791-4-8.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206017373 Deaths: MacKenzie, The Age, (Monday, 26 May 1947), p. 10.