Alex McFarlane
Australian rules footballer (1887–1952)
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Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane (2 May 1887 – 1 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide.[3]
Semaphore, South Australia
Alice Springs, Northern Territory[2]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane | ||
| Nickname | Bandy | ||
| Born |
2 May 1887 Semaphore, South Australia | ||
| Died |
1 November 1952 (aged 65)[1] 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% | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Football
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.
Personal life
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.
Death
Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.
