Alf Neeson

Alf Neeson
Personal information
Full name	Alf Neeson
Date of birth	15 June 1914
Date of death	Unknown
Original team(s)	Frankston
Height / weight	182 cm / 77 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935–36 1936–38 Total	Fitzroy Hawthorn	07 0(0) 34 (41) 41 (41)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.

Alf Neeson (born 15 June 1914, date of death unknown) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Career

Neeson was originally from Frankston, but played in Sydney with St George then Goulburn in the Canberra league, before joining Fitzroy.^[2][3] He made seven appearances for Fitzroy, over the 1935 and 1936 seasons, followed by three years with Hawthorn, for which he played 34 games.

In 1939, while in Western Australia playing for East Perth, Neeson was sentenced to four-months imprisonment for stealing a motor car.^[4]

He also played with Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League and was the competition's best and fairest winner in 1947.^[5]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "Peninsula Players in N.S.W.". Frankston and Somerville Standard. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
3. "League Seconds.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 May 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
4. "Footballer Gaoled.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 22 December 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
5. "Football.". Kalgoorlie Miner. WA: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

External links

• Alf Neeson's statistics from AFL Tables
• Alf Neeson's profile from AustralianFootball.com