Alec Sloan

Alexander Barclay Sloan (12 December 1870 – 29 June 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Alec Sloan
Sloan in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Barclay Sloan
Date of birth	(1870-12-12)12 December 1870
Place of birth	Smeaton, Victoria
Date of death	29 June 1938(1938-06-29) (aged 67)
Place of death	Ivanhoe, Victoria
Original team(s)	Brittania
Position(s)	Half back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1892–1896	Fitzroy (VFA)	74 (8)
1897–1902	Fitzroy	66 (0)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1900	Victoria	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1900.
Career highlights
VFA premiership player: 1895 2× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899 Fitzroy captain: 1898–1900
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sloan was a member of Fitzroy's inaugural premiership team in 1895 and captained the club from 1898 to 1900. He played most of his football at half back and was a premiership-winning captain in 1898 and 1899. This made him not only Fitzroy's first ever VFL premiership captain but also the league's first ever grand final winning captain, with the 1897 flag having been decided on a round robin system.

See also

• The Footballers' Alphabet

References

• 'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
• Donald, Chris (2005). Fitzroy: For the Love of the Jumper. Pan Australia. pp. 25–27. ISBN 9781877029189.

External links

• Alec Sloan's playing statistics from AFL Tables