Alex Way

Alexander John Francis Way (13 August 1925 – 7 November 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Alex Way
Personal information
Full name	Alexander John Francis Way
Date of birth	(1925-08-13)13 August 1925
Date of death	7 November 2014(2014-11-07) (aged 89)
Place of death	Malvern, Victoria
Original team(s)	Coburg Rangers
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s)	Half forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944–48	Carlton	32 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Way played six games in his debut season, for 12 goals, five of them in a match against Geelong. He was recruited from the Coburg Rangers and was a member of Carlton's 1945 premiership team.

Way, the nephew of former Carlton player Jack Way, later moved to Tasmania where he played for City and later Longford in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.^[1][2] He then returned to Melbourne in 1963, where he lived in the south-east suburbs until his death in November 2014.^[3]