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Albert Keith "Alby" Outen (19 February 1936 – 24 November 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Alby Outen Jr.
Personal information
Full name	Albert Keith Outen
Date of birth	(1936-02-19)19 February 1936
Date of death	24 November 2010(2010-11-24) (aged 74)
Original team(s)	Trinity Grammar
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1954	Footscray	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Albert Henry "Alby" Outen (1902-1972), and Eva Grace Outen (1903-1996), née Brown, Albert Keith "Alby" Outen was born on 19 February 1936.

• His father, "Alby" Outen, played for Footscray in both the VFA and the VFL.
• His uncle, Charles Whynam "Wyn" Outen (1880-1964), played for St Klda in the VFL and for Williamstown in the VFA; Wyn played (alongside his brother Matt) in the Willamstown First XVIII team that won the 1907 VFA premiership.
• His uncle, William Matthew "Matt" Outen (1883-1930), also played for St Kilda in the VFL and Williamstown in the VFA.
• His uncle, John Edward "Jack" Outen (1890-1963), played in one First XVIII game for Williamstown (alongside his brother Matt) in 1909.[2]
• His uncle, Percy Ernest Hatherley Outen (1898-1986), played in 5 First XVIII games for Williamstown in the VFA in 1928.[3][4]
• His cousin, Reginald Whynam Outen (1913-1999),[5][6][7] the son of Wyn Outen, was an emergency in Williamstown's 1939 premiership team, after earlier playing with Collingwood and Melbourne Seconds.[8]

He married Margaret Jill Vanthoff (1938-) in 1958.

Education

He was educated at Trinity Grammar School.[9]

Football

Footscray (VFL)

In August 1953, he was playing with the Footscray Second XVIII.[10]

In 1954, aged 18, he played in 2 games for the Footscray First XVIII: as 20th man against Essendon on 22 May 1954,[11][12] and as 20th man, against Fitzroy on 5 June 1954.[13][14]

Williamstown (VFA)

He played in his first game for the Williamstown First XVIII, against Box Hill, on 25 June 1955.[15]

Playing in the back-pocket, he was one of Williamstown's best players in its come-from-behind Grand Final win against Port Melbourne on 24 September 1955.[16][17][18][19]

Two weeks after his final First XVIII game for Willamstown, against Yarraville on 16 June 1958,[20][21] Outen announced his retirement.[22][23]

Representative football (VFA)

He played representative interstate football for the VFA in the 13th Australian National Football Carnival held in Perth in June 1956, during which he sustained a shoulder injury.[24]

In 1957, he represented the VFA in its three interstate matches:

• against a combined (N.T.F.A. & N.W.F.U.) team, at Launcestion on 13 July 1957.[25]
• against South Australia (SANFL), at the Lakeside Oval, on 23 July 1957;[26][27]
• against the SANFL team, at Norwood Oval, on 20 August 1957.[28][29]

Notes

References

• 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.

External links

• Alby Outen Jr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Alby Outen Jr. at AustralianFootball.com
• Albert "Alby" Outen at The VFA Project

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