Alf Neeson
Australian rules footballer (born 1914)
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Alfred Carl Frank Neeson (born 15 June 1914, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Fullname
Alfred Carl Frank Neeson
Born
15 June 1914
Collingwood, Victoria
Collingwood, Victoria
Died
Unknown
Original team
Frankston
| Alf Neeson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Neeson (number 11) in 1937 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Carl Frank Neeson | ||
| Born |
15 June 1914 Collingwood, Victoria | ||
| Died | Unknown | ||
| Original team | Frankston | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935–1936 | Fitzroy | 7 (0) | |
| 1936–1938 | Hawthorn | 34 (41) | |
| Total | 41 (41) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
