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Alfred Quill (born 1910, in Sydney) was an Australian soccer player and played for the Australia national team. Often considered one of the best soccer players in New South Wales, he scored 868 goals in all NSW competitions in his 24-year senior career.[1]

Alf Quill

Personal information
Full name	Alfred Quill
Date of birth	1910
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	Pyrmont
1929–1931	Leichhardt-Annandale
1932–1933	Wallsend	24	(43)
1934–1936	Goodyear	40+	(77+)
1937–1943	Wallsend	108+	(203+)
1943	Lake Macquarie
1943–1949	Wallsend	65+	(82+)
Total		237+	(405+)
National team
1938	Australia	2	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early career

Alf first showed his signs as a footballer, whilst attending Globe Public School. At the age of 12, Alf represented New South Wales as a schoolboy against Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. For 3 seasons Alf played for Wentworth Juniors before joining the senior side of Pyrmont.[2]

Club career

Beginning in his teens, Quill played 24 seasons.

Pyrmont

He began his career with Pyrmont at age 17 in the New South Wales State League in 1927.[3]

Leichhardt-Annandale

While contracted at Leichhardt-Annandale, English club Bolton Wanderers wanted to sign Quill on 25 April 1931, which was rejected.[4]

Wallsend

He made a return to Wallsend on a three-year contract on 6 January 1937.[5] Quill did not have any intentions on leaving Wallsend at the end of the 1939 season, as he signed a form to stay with Wallsend.[6] At the start of the 1943 season, he left Wallsend top play for Lake Macquarie, and returned to Wallsend on 22 May 1943 to play the remainder of the season.[7] He proposed a retirement from football at the end of the 1945 season.[8] He came back to Wallsend's squad in April 1946 to play a home match against Lysaght's-Orb the next week.[9] In the 1937 season, he scored a record 70 goals for Wallsend as a state record for most goals in a season.[10] Over his career he scored over 800 goals in league and cup matches.[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[12]

Club	Season	League		State Premiership Sheahan Cup		State League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pyrmont	1927	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1928	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leichhardt	1929	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1930	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1931	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallsend	1932	10	11	1	4	0	0	4	3	15	18
	1933	14	32	1	1	3	5	1	1	19	39
Goodyear	1934	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	4+	13+
	1935	21	37	0	0	4	8	0	0	25	45
	1936	19+	40+	1	3	1	0	0	0	21+	43+
Wallsend	1937	22	60	4	3	3	8	1	3	30	74
	1938	21	37+	2	4	3	7	1	2	27	50+
	1939	19	20	1	4	2	0	0	0	22	24
	1940	21+	34	1	0	1	0	2	5	25	39
	1941	19	31	2	4	3	2	2	5	26	42
	1942	6	21+	3	5	4	6+	1	5	14	36+
Lake Macquarie	1943	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallsend
	1943	12+	19+	1	0	1	0	6	10	20+	29+
	1944	19+	24+	0	0	4	4+	3	2	26+	30+
	1945	12	18+	2	1	1	1	3+	3+	18+	23+
	1946	11+	9+	0	0	4	1+	3+	3+	18+	13+
	1947	11	12	0	0	1	0	2	3	14	15
	1948	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1949	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	237+	405+	19	29	32+	44+	33+	58+	314+	549+

International career

Quill played twice in full international matches for Australia, both against India in September 1938.[13][14]

Coaching career

After finishing playing he coached Wallsend before a stint as coach of Australia.[11]

International statistics

National team	Year[13]	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Australia	1938	0	0	2	2	2	2

References

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