Alf Neeson

Alf Neeson
Alf Neeson
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Carl Frank Neeson
Date of birth	15 June 1914
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death	Unknown
Original team(s)	Frankston
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1935–1936	Fitzroy
1936–1938	Hawthorn
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Peninsula Players in N.S.W." Frankston and Somerville Standard. Vic. 7 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "League Seconds". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 May 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Footballer Gaoled". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 December 1939. p. 3.

External links

Alf Neeson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Alf Neeson at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "Peninsula Players in N.S.W." Frankston and Somerville Standard. Vic. 7 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "League Seconds". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 May 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Footballer Gaoled". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 December 1939. p. 3.

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