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Albert Edward "Butch" Prior (15 January 1921 – 21 January 1971[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.[2]

Albert Prior
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Prior
Date of birth 15 January 1921
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 21 January 1971(1971-01-21) (aged 50)
Place of death Donvale, Victoria
Original team(s) Camberwell (VFA)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941, 1944–50 Hawthorn 103 (258)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
  • 4× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1946–1949
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family


The son of Thomas Edward Prior (1882–1968), and Charlotte Nicholls Prior (1884–1956), née Jensen,[3] Albert Edward Prior was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 January 1921.

He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.


Football


A full-forward,[4][5][6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947. He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.

In 1951 Prior was cleared from Hawthorn and was appointed coach of the East Hawthorn team in the Eastern Suburban League.[7][8]


Military service


Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.[9]


Honours and achievements


Individual


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