Alex MacKenzie

Alex MacKenzie
Personal information
Full name Alexander George Greig MacKenzie
Nickname(s) Roody
Date of birth (1882-01-13)13 January 1882
Place of birth West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 24 May 1947(1947-05-24) (aged 65)
Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Williamstown (VFA)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1903–1906 Williamstown (VFA)  38 (10)
1907–1909 North Melbourne (VFA)  34 (1)
1909–1910 Williamstown (VFA)  26 (1)
1911–1912 St Kilda (VFL)  11 (1)
Total 109 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Family

The son of William George McKenzie, and Marian McKenzie, née MacKenzie, Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (a.k.a. "M'Kenzie" and as "McKenzie") was born at West Melbourne, Victoria on 13 January 1882.[2]

He married Ethel Cecil Maude Richardson (1884–1912) in 1903.[3][4] They had five children, one of whom did not survive his infancy.

He married his second wife, Jessie Celica Hamilton, née Ewin (1889–1956) in 1927.[5][6]

Football

Williamstown (VFA)

He played his first game for Williamstown against North Melbourne on 1 August 1903.[7]

North Melbourne (VFA)

He was cleared from Williamstown (identified as "A. M'Kenzie") to North Melbourne on 1 May 1907.[8]

Williamstown (VFA)

He was cleared from North Melbourne back to Williamstown in June 1909.[9][10]

St Kilda (VFL)

He was cleared from Williamstown to St Kilda in May 1911.[11]

Military service

MacKenzie served in the Australian Army during World War I. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and back in fierce fighting near Ypres, Belgium in October 1917,[12] and was repatriated to Australia on HMAT "Osterley" in April 1918.

Death

He died at his residence in East Melbourne, Victoria on 24 May 1947.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 538.
  2. ^ Births Death and Marriages Victoria Birth Registration No.4032/1882.
  3. ^ Births Death and Marriages Marriage Registration No.3244/1903.
  4. ^ Deaths: MacKenzie, The Argus, (Friday, 11 October 1912), p. 1.
  5. ^ Births Death and Marriages Marriage Registration No.9074/1927.
  6. ^ Births Death and Marriages Death Registration No.1557/1956.
  7. ^ The Association: W'mstown v. North Melb., The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 1 August 1903), p. 4.
  8. ^ Permits Granted, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 4 May 1907), p. 3.
  9. ^ "Alick McKenzie's application to play for Williamstown, on the grounds of residence, was referred back to the North Melbourne club for a clearance. The case comes on again for hearing next Wednesday evening" (Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday 29 May 1909), p. 3.
  10. ^ "Alick ("Roody") McKenzie, a former 'Town player is returning to the club, having left the North Melbourne team." (Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday 5 June 1909), p. 3.
  11. ^ Club Notes, The Argus, (Friday, 26 May 1911), p. 4.
  12. ^ Cullen (2015), p. 173.
  13. ^ Deaths: MacKenzie, The Age, (Monday, 26 May 1947), p. 10.

References

  • Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
  • 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.
  • World War One Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander George Greig McKenzie (sic) (4491), Australian War Memorial.
  • World War One Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (4491), Australian War Memorial.
  • Australian Casualties: Lists Nos. 356 and 357: Victoria: Wounded: "A.G.G. Mckenzie (sic), North Williamstown (dang.)", The Argus, (Monday, 26 November 1917), p. 4.
  • World War One Service Record: Lance Corporal Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (4491), National Archives of Australia.
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