Alf Egan

Alfred George Egan (3 April 1910 – 21 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Alf Egan
Personal information
Full name	Alfred George Egan
Date of birth	(1910-04-03)3 April 1910
Place of birth	Wallacedale, Victoria
Date of death	21 January 1962(1962-01-21) (aged 51)
Place of death	Burnley, Victoria
Original team(s)	Myamyn
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1931–1933	Carlton	36 (20)
1934–1935	North Melbourne	15 (7)
Total		51 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Edward Egan, and Margaret Egan, née Farrell, Alfred George Egan was born into the Gunditjmara indigenous community at Wallacedale, near Condah, in Western Victoria, on 3 April 1910.

Although his brother, Allan Edmund Egan (1914–1951), was cleared from "Melbourne Boys" to the North Melbourne Seconds in 1937, he did not play any senior VFL football.^[2][3]

He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.

Football

Egan was the first Indigenous Australian to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne.^[4]

He appeared as a centre half-forward in the 1932 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement for an injured Jack Green, but wasn't able to steer his side to a win.^[5][6]

Death

He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.^[7]

See also

Gunditjmara of note