Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane (2 May 1887 – 1 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide.[3]
Alex McFarlane | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane | ||
Nickname(s) | Bandy | ||
Date of birth | (1887-05-02)2 May 1887 | ||
Place of birth | Semaphore, South Australia | ||
Date of death | 1 November 1952(1952-11-01) (aged 65)[1] | ||
Place of death | Alice Springs, Northern Territory[2] | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909–1915, 1919 | Port Adelaide | 100 (28) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1914 | South Australia | 5 | |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1915 | Port Adelaide | 14 (9-4-1) 64.29% | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
McFarlane debuted for Port Adelaide during the 1909 SAFL season. He would captain the club in the South Australian Football League seasons immediately before and after World War I.
McFarlane was the 15th child of Alexander Macfarlane, an immigrant from Scotland, and Mary Ann Tyzack who was born in Port Adelaide.[4]
His uncle, Samuel Tyzack, was a foundation player for Port Adelaide in 1870.[5]
Alex was the uncle of Bill McFarlane who played over 100 games for Port Adelaide during the 1940s.[6]
He married Olive May Hobbs on 18 December 1911 at St. Aiden’s Church, Marden South Australia.
Olive and Alex had seven children. Alexander Steer McFarlane 1913; Daphne May McFarlane (1914-1917); Ronald George McFarlane 1916; Olive Valerie McFarlane 1917; Harold McFarlane (1919-1921); Kenneth Malcom 1924; and Joan Louise McFarlane 1925.
Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.
Tom Leahy described him as being "Tremendously strong, played very fairly, but very hard. I was against him many times, and he was a tough man to beat."[7]
Port Adelaide Football Club • 1910 SAFL premiers | |
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Coach: Hosie |
Port Adelaide Football Club • 1913 SAFL premiers | |
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Coach: Londrigan |
Port Adelaide Football Club • 1914 SAFL premiers | |
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Coach: Londrigan |
Captains of the Port Adelaide Football Club | |
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Coaches of the Port Adelaide Football Club | |
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AFL Women's |
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Italics denote caretaker coach |
1910 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide | |
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1913 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide | |
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Coach: Londrigan |
1914 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide | |
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Coach: Londrigan |
South Australian Team – 1914 Australian National Football Carnival | |
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South Australia 12.16 (88) d Western Australia 12.11 (83), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 5 August 1914 South Australia 32.18 (210) d Queensland 2.9 (21), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 7 August 1914 South Australia 16.20 (106) d New South Wales 10.3 (63), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 10 August 1914 South Australia 18.23 (131) d Tasmania 5.7 (37), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 August 1914 Victoria 11.11 (77) defeated South Australia 5.10 (44), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 15 August 1914, crowd: 12,000 | |
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