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Full name
  
Alf Neeson

Years
  
Club


Height/Weight
  
182 cm / 77 kg

Original team(s)
  
Frankston

Name
  
Alf Neeson

Date of birth
  
(1914-06-15)15 June 1914

1935-36 1936-38 Total
  
Fitzroy Hawthorn

Alf Neeson (born 15 June 1914, date of death unknown) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Neeson was originally from Frankston, but played in Sydney with St George then Goulburn in the Canberra league, before joining Fitzroy. 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.

He also played with Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League and was the competition's best and fairest winner in 1947.

References

Alf Neeson Wikipedia