Height/Weight 185 cm / 91 kg Years Club | 1948–1961 Fitzroy Name Alan Gale | |
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Date of birth (1930-09-08)8 September 1930 Date of death 24 March 1987(1987-03-24) (aged 56) Original team(s) Police Boys' football team | ||
Alan 'Butch' Gale (8 September 1930 – 24 March 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1950s.
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Background
Gale made his league debut in 1948, at the age of just 17, after being recruited from the Police Boys' football club. His early games suggested that he was little more than an honest trier. However, as his career entered into the 1950s, Gale elevated his performances to a new, higher level. During this period, Gale finished runner-up in the clubs best and fairest award a record seven times. Unfortunately, he never finished first robbing him of an opportunity to be remembered as a great player on Fitzroy's honour board.
Some of Gale's best football came while resting in defence, and he would undoubtedly have made a fine key position defender had Fitzroy been able to spare him from the ruck.
Gale captained Fitzroy from 1958 until his retirement in 1961. He also reprented Victoria in interstate football, leading them in 1959. He was named in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.
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