Alf Neeson Explained

Alf Neeson
Fullname:Alfred Carl Frank Neeson
Birth Date:15 June 1914
Birth Place:Collingwood, Victoria
Death Date:Unknown
Originalteam:Frankston
Height:182 cm
Weight:77 kg
Statsend:1938
Years1:1935–1936
Games Goals1:7 (0)
Years2:1936–1938
Games Goals2:34 (41)
Games Goalstotal:41 (41)

Alfred Carl Frank Neeson (born 15 June 1914, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Career

Neeson was originally from Frankston, but played in Sydney with St George then Goulburn in the Canberra league, before joining Fitzroy.[2] [3] He made seven appearances for Fitzroy, over the 1935 and 1936 seasons, followed by three years with Hawthorn, for which he played 34 games.

In 1939, while in Western Australia playing for East Perth, Neeson was sentenced to four-months imprisonment for stealing a motor car.[4]

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 . 651.
  2. News: Peninsula Players in N.S.W. . . Vic. . 7 May 1932 . 8 June 2015 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: League Seconds. . . Melbourne . 23 May 1934 . 8 June 2015 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Footballer Gaoled. . The Argus . Melbourne . 22 December 1939 . 3.