Alex Byrne (Australian footballer)

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Fullname Alexander Stanley Byrne
Date of birth (1904-05-21)21 May 1904
Place of birth Nhill, Victoria
Date of death 23 August 1975(1975-08-23) (aged 71)
Alex Byrne
Personal information
Full name Alexander Stanley Byrne
Date of birth (1904-05-21)21 May 1904
Place of birth Nhill, Victoria
Date of death 23 August 1975(1975-08-23) (aged 71)
Place of death Kalangadoo, South Australia
Original team(s) Penola
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929 Fitzroy 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Stanley Byrne (21 May 1904 – 23 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

The son of John Byrne (1864 – 1955)[2] and Phyllis Hannah Byrne, née Nattrass (1871 – 1950),[3] Alexander Stanley Byrne was born at the western Victorian town of Nhill on 21 May 1904.

He was the older brother of both Fitzroy player Rex Byrne and Carlton and Hawthorn player Tom Byrne.

War service

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