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For the Tasmanian footballer who played for St Kilda between 1929 to 1930, see Alan Scott (footballer, born 1900).
Alan Scott
Personal information
Full name Alan Keith Scott
Date of birth (1907-02-19)19 February 1907
Place of birth East Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 3 April 1973(1973-04-03) (aged 66)
Place of death Frankston Community Hospital,
Frankston, Victoria
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–1926 St Kilda 19 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan Keith Scott (19 February 1907 – 3 April 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Robert Scott (1881-1955), and Ellen Elizabeth Scott (1878-1924), née Ryan,[2] Alan Keith Scott was born at East Melbourne, Victoria on 19 February 1907.

Football

While playing for the St Kilda Second XVIII, he was selected at centre half-back in a combined VFL Second's team that played against Geelong's First XVIII, during the two week suspension of the VFL season (due to the 1924 ANFC Carnival in Hobart), in Geelong on 9 August 1924.[3][4][5]

Military service

He served in the Second AIF.[6]

Death

He died at the Frankston Community Hospital, in Frankston, Victoria, on 3 April 1973.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.795.
  2. ^ Deaths: Scott, The Argus, (Wednesday, 3 September 1924), p.1.
  3. ^ Geelong v. Combined Juniors, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 August 1924), p.3.
  4. ^ Junior Football: League, The Age, (Monday, 11 August 1924), p.6.
  5. ^ League: Geelong v. Combined Seconds, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 11 August 1924), pp.7, 8.
  6. ^ Nominal Roll.
  7. ^ Deaths: Scott, The Age, (Wednesday, 4 April 1973), p.29.

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.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Alan Keith Scott (V205884), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B884, V205884: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Alan Keith Scott (V205884), National Archives of Australia.
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