Years Club Years Team | Name Alfred Le | |
Date of birth (1886-02-19)19 February 1886 Place of birth Semaphore, South Australia Date of death 5 October 1946(1946-10-05) (aged 60) Place of death Fitzroy, South Australia Died October 5, 1946, Fitzroy, Adelaide, Australia | ||
Alfred Roy Le Messurier (19 February 1886 – 5 October 1946) was an Australian rules footballer and businessman. He played for Port Adelaide before the family moved to North Adelaide in 1908, and he qualified for the North Adelaide team under the electorate system. He played at North Adelaide from 1908–09 and 1910–13, playing 46 games and kicking 4 goals. His younger brother, Frederick Neill Le Messurier, also played with North Adelaide from 1908–10 and 1913–14 (playing with the University Club from 1911–12).
Le Messurier later re-joined Port Adelaide as a committeeman.
Personal life
Le Messurier was the son of Alfred Le Messurier and his wife, Jane Sinclair, née Neill. He was educated at the Collegiate School of St Peter. At 16, Roy entered his father's shipping agency, A. & E. Le Messurier, where he specialized in importing timber from Tasmania for local furniture-makers and developed it into a significant enterprise.