Australian rules footballer
Alan McCrory | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Allison Razey McCrory | ||
Date of birth | (1918-02-26)26 February 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Derry, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1985(1985-04-24) (aged 67) | ||
Original team(s) | Carnegie | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938 | Richmond | 05 0(2) | |
1940 | Oaklleigh (VFA) | 19 (53) | |
1941, 1943 | South Melbourne | 04 0(2) | |
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Allison Razey 'Alan' McCrory (26 February 1918 – 24 April 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A key position player, McCrory also played for Oakleigh Football Club in the Victorian Football Association in 1940. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force towards the end of World War II, and later moved to Queensland where he worked as an airport fire officer until his retirement in 1974.
Notes
- "Resting Place Allambe Memorial Park Allison Razey (Alan) Mccrory".
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 570. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Too many passengers carried by South", The Record, 5 July 1941, p. 3.
- "A. R. McCrory RAAF Service Record".
External links
- Alan McCrory at AustralianFootball.com
- Alan McCrory's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alan McCrory's playing statistics from The VFA Project
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- 1918 births
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- VFL/AFL players born outside Australia
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Richmond Football Club players
- Sydney Swans players
- Oakleigh Football Club players
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Irish emigrants to Australia
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules biography, 1918 birth stubs