Alf Quill
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Louis Quill | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Ultimo, Sydney, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 3 October 1997 (aged 87)[1] | ||
| Place of death | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1928 | Pyrmont | 10 | (18) |
| 1929–1930 | Leichhardt-Annandale | 42 | (63) |
| 1931–1933 | Wallsend | 37 | (67) |
| 1934–1936 | Goodyear | 59 | (119) |
| 1937–1943 | Wallsend | 114 | (229) |
| 1943 | Lake Macquarie | 1 | (3) |
| 1943–1949 | Wallsend | 93 | (121) |
| Total | 356 | (620) | |
| International career | |||
| 1938 | Australia | 2 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Wallsend | |||
| Australia | |||
| Newcastle KB United (youth) | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alfred Quill (9 July 1910 - 3 October 1997) was an Australian soccer player who played for the Australian national team among several other clubs in his 24-year senior career. Often considered one of the best soccer players in New South Wales, he scored 868 goals in all NSW competitions in his professional career.[2]
Quill was born in Sydney. He first showed his signs as a footballer, whilst attending Globe Public School. At the age of 12, he represented New South Wales as a schoolboy against Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. For three seasons he played for Wentworth Juniors before joining the senior side of Pyrmont.[3]
Club career
Beginning in his teens, Quill played 24 seasons.
Pyrmont
Quill began his career with Pyrmont at age 17 in the New South Wales State League in 1927.[4]
Leichhardt-Annandale
While contracted at Leichhardt-Annandale, English club Bolton Wanderers wanted to sign Quill on 25 April 1931, which was rejected.[5]
Wallsend
He made a return to Wallsend on a three-year contract on 6 January 1937.[6] Quill did not have any intentions on leaving Wallsend at the end of the 1939 season, as he signed a form to stay with Wallsend.[7] At the start of the 1943 season, he left Wallsend top play for Lake Macquarie, and returned to Wallsend on 22 May 1943 to play the remainder of the season.[8] In the 1937 season, he scored a record 78 goals for Wallsend as a state record for most goals in a season.[9]
He proposed a retirement from football at the end of the 1945 season,[10] but he came back to Wallsend's squad in April 1946 to play a home match against Lysaght's-Orb the next week.[11] Over his career he scored 802 goals in 477 league and cup matches,[12] but some sources state that he retired in 1949 with 1,002 goals in total, although these numbers probably include goals in friendlies and unofficial matches.[13] In total, he scored 271 top-tier goals after turning 30 years old in 1940, which makes him one of the most prolific top-tier goalscorers in that age bracket in the history of football.[14]
