Alec Morgan

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Alec Morgan
Personal information
Full name Alexander Mitchell Morgan
Date of birth (1908-06-05)5 June 1908
Place of birth Castlemaine, Victoria
Date of death 10 March 1957(1957-03-10) (aged 48)
Place of death Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Yarrawonga
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932 Hawthorn 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Mitchell Morgan (5 June 1908 – 10 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of David Morgan, and Mary Moir Morgan, née Mitchell, Alexander Mitchell Morgan was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 5 June 1908.

He married Estell Mavis Hartshorn (1915–present) at Mildura on 16 April 1935.

Football

Recruited from Yarrawonga,[2] Morgan played in Hawthorn's Round 1 game against Collingwood.[3] He was dropped to the Seconds and did not manage another senior game.

Military service

Morgan later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[4]

Death

He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, in Parkville, Victoria, on 10 March 1957.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main(2014), p.628.
  2. ^ "Senior Footballers Hampered by Mud in Final Practice Games". Sporting Globe. No. 1011. Victoria, Australia. 16 April 1932. p. 3.
  3. ^ "COLLINGWOOD TOO STEADY". The Herald. No. 17, 146. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1932. p. 3.
  4. ^ Nominal Roll.
  5. ^ Deaths: Morgan, The Age, (Monday, 11 March 1957), p.11.

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