Alec Crozier

Alec Crozier
Personal information
Full name Alexander Wilson Crozier
Date of birth (1904-07-09)9 July 1904
Place of birth Kensington, Victoria
Date of death 16 June 1974(1974-06-16) (aged 69)
Place of death Yarraville, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–27 Hawthorn 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Wilson Crozier (9 July 1904 – 16 June 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

The son of John Crozier (1870–1930)[2] and Agnes Catherine Crozier, nee Alexander (1879–1948),[3] Alexander Wilson Crozier was born at Kensington on 9 July 1904.

Football

Crozier joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season from Caulfield.[4] After spending almost all season in the reserves he played in the final game of the season against Melbourne.[5] Despite not making the senior squad at the start of the year[6] he was frequently named in the better players in the reserves in 1927 and played another three senior games.

Later life

In 1934 Alec Crozier married Lorna Pearl Tepper and they lived in various areas in Melbourne until his death in June 1974.[7] He was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.[8]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 23, 561. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1930. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 31, 727. Melbourne. 10 May 1948. p. 2.
  4. ^ "NOTES TROM THE CLUBS". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 April 1925. p. 6.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 September 1926. p. 5.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 April 1927. p. 7.
  7. ^ "AustralianFootball.com profile".
  8. ^ "Alexander Wilson Crozier". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.


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